1 Samuel 19:24

Contextual Overview

¹⁸So David fled and escaped and went to Samuel at Ramah and told him everything Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel left and stayed at Naioth. ¹⁸ Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Shemu'el to Ramah, and told him all that Sha'ul had done to him. He and Shemu'el went and lived in Nayot. ¹⁸ So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. ¹⁸ So David fled and escaped, and he came to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth. ¹⁸ Now David fled and escaped, and he came to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and lived at Naioth. ¹⁸ After David had escaped from Saul, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him everything Saul had done to him. Then David and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there. ¹⁸ Now David had run away and escaped. He went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed at Naioth. ¹⁸So David fled and escaped and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him everything that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth. ¹⁸ So David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah; and he informed him of everything that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth. ¹⁸ So Dauid fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him: and he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stripped: 2 Samuel 6:14, 2 Samuel 6:20, Isaiah 20:2, Micah 1:8

lay: Heb. fell, Numbers 24:4

Is Saul: 1 Samuel 10:10-12, Acts 9:21

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:6 - Spirit 1 Samuel 10:11 - Is Saul 1 Samuel 15:35 - Samuel 1 Samuel 18:10 - and he prophesied 2 Samuel 7:15 - But my Luke 8:27 - and ware John 21:7 - naked

Cross-References

Genesis 19:23
The sun was risen on the eretz when Lot came to Tzo`ar.

Genesis 19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

Genesis 19:23
After the sun had risen upon the earth and Lot had entered Zoar,

Genesis 19:23
The sun had already come up when Lot entered Zoar.

Genesis 19:23
The sun had just risen over the land as Lot reached Zoar.

Genesis 19:23
The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

Genesis 19:23
The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

Genesis 19:23
The sunne did rise vpon the earth, when Lot entred into Zoar.

Genesis 19:23
The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

Genesis 19:23
The sun was coming up as Lot reached the town of Zoar,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he stripped off his clothes also,.... Not all his clothes, but his upper garments, as men in such circumstances used to do, as the prophets sometimes did, and as it seems his messengers had done; according to Jarchi, R. Isaiah, and others n, he stripped himself of his royal robes, and put on the habit of the scholars, the disciples, and sons of the prophets:

and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, as the messengers had done, singing such like songs, or foretelling such like things as they did; he and they speaking not of themselves, but as they were moved by the Holy Spirit of prophecy; for such gifts have sometimes been bestowed on men that were destitute of the grace of God, as Balaam, Caiaphas, and others;

and lay down: or "fell down" o, as persons in an ecstasy or trance: and lay

naked all that day, and all that night; not entirely naked, both without his upper garment or royal robes, or else his armour; so an unarmed man is said to be naked, though otherwise he has his clothes on: thus Gelon having conquered the Carthaginians, and made himself master of all Sicily, went into the forum "naked" (i.e. unarmed), and declared he would restore the government to the citizens, wherefore a naked statue for him was erected in the temple of Juno p; so Quinctius Cincinnatus was found ploughing naked q, who cannot be supposed to be without any clothes on him. Jarchi, from Menachem, reports, that he had heard from an Arabian, that the word the Targum makes use of for "naked", signifies, in the Arabic language, one that is furious or mad, as persons in an ecstasy, or under a prophetic spirit, sometimes seemed to be; now Saul was kept and held in such circumstances a whole day and night, that David might have an opportunity of making his escape, and getting at such a distance from him that he could not overtake him:

wherefore they say, [is] Saul also among the prophets? this became a common saying, a proverbial expression, at least was now revived and observed with admiration; that Saul, who had behaved himself in so ill a manner, as an enemy to so good a man, should be found among the prophets of the Lord, and prophesying as they did.

n Vid. Hieron. Trad. Heb. in lib. Reg. fol. 76. G. o ויפל "et cecidit", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, "et corruit", Vatablus. p Aelian. Var. Hist. l. 6. c. 11. q Aurel. Victor. de Vir. Illustr. c. 20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Naked - i. e., without his robe and other outer garments, but only the shirt. Compare the marginal references.

The whole history affords another instance of the protection of God vouchsafed to His servants, which forms so frequent a topic of the Psalms of David.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 19:24. He stripped off his clothes — Threw off his royal robes or military dress, retaining only his tunic; and continued so all that day and all that night, uniting with the sons of the prophets in prayers, singing praises, and other religious exercises, which were unusual to kings and warriors; and this gave rise to the saying, Is Saul also among the prophets? By bringing both him and his men thus under a Divine influence, God prevented them from injuring the person of David. 1 Samuel 10:6, c. and see my sermon on The Christian Prophet and his Work.