1 Samuel 26:10

Contextual Overview

⁶Then David asked Ahimelech the Hethite and Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, “Who will go with me into the camp to Saul?” ⁶ Then answered David and said to Achimelekh the Hittite, and to Avishai the son of Tzeru'yah, brother to Yo'av, saying, Who will go down with me to Sha'ul to the camp? Avishai said, I will go down with you. ⁶ Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. ⁶ David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah the brother of Joab, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul, in the camp?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you." ⁶ Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab's brother Abishai the son of Zeruiah, "Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you." ⁶ David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down into Saul's camp with me?" Abishai answered, "I'll go with you." ⁶ David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?" Abishai replied, "I will go down with you." ⁶Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, "Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you." ⁶ Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you." ⁶ Then spake Dauid, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah, brother to Ioab, saying, Who will go downe with me to Saul to the hoste? Then Abishai said, I will goe downe with thee.

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the Lord liveth: 1 Samuel 24:15, 1 Samuel 25:26, 1 Samuel 25:38, Psalms 94:1, Psalms 94:2, Psalms 94:23, Luke 18:7, Romans 12:19, Revelation 18:8

his day: Genesis 47:29, Deuteronomy 31:14, Job 7:1, Job 14:5, Job 14:14, Psalms 37:10, Psalms 37:13, Ecclesiastes 3:2, Hebrews 9:27

he shall descend: 1 Samuel 31:6, Deuteronomy 32:35

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 24:12 - Lord judge 1 Samuel 25:33 - avenging 2 Samuel 12:15 - struck the child 1 Kings 17:12 - As the Lord 1 Chronicles 17:8 - have cut off 2 Chronicles 13:20 - Lord Job 34:20 - without Psalms 7:16 - General Psalms 31:15 - My times Psalms 59:10 - let Psalms 62:3 - ye shall Psalms 63:10 - They shall fall Psalms 143:12 - of thy mercy Proverbs 24:16 - but Micah 7:9 - until

Cross-References

Genesis 26:9
Avimelekh called Yitzchak, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Yitzchak said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"

Genesis 26:9
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

Genesis 26:9
And Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Surely she is your wife. Now why did you say ‘She is my sister'?" And Isaac said to him, "Because I thought I would die on account of her."

Genesis 26:9
Abimelech called for Isaac and said, "This woman is your wife. Why did you say she was your sister?" Isaac said to him, "I was afraid you would kill me so you could have her."

Genesis 26:9
So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, "She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister'?" Isaac replied, "Because I thought someone might kill me to get her."

Genesis 26:9
Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, "See here, Rebekah is in fact your wife! How did you [dare to] say to me, 'She is my sister'?" And Isaac said to him, "Because I thought I might be killed because of her [desirability]."

Genesis 26:9
Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Behold, she certainly is your wife! So how is it that you said, 'She is my sister'?" And Isaac said to him, "Because I thought, 'otherwise I might be killed on account of her.'"

Genesis 26:9
Then Abimelech called Izhak, and sayde, Loe, shee is of a suertie thy wife, and why saydest thou, She is my sister? To whom Izhak answered, Because I thought this, It may be that I shall dye for her.

Genesis 26:9
Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife! How then did you say, ‘She is my sister'?" And Isaac said to him, "Because I said, ‘Lest I die on account of her.'"

Genesis 26:9
Abimelech called him in and said, "Rebekah must be your wife! Why did you say she is your sister?" "Because I thought someone would kill me," Isaac answered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David said furthermore,.... In order to make Abishai easy, and prevent his doing what he proposed:

[as] the Lord liveth; which was the form of an oath, made to assure Abishai of the truth of what follows, and therefore he need not be hasty to put Saul to death, since it would not be long before he should die, in one or other of the three following ways: either

the Lord shall smite him; suddenly, which the Jews call cutting off, or death by the hand of heaven, by the immediate hand of God:

or his day shall come to die; the time appointed for him to die a natural death, of some disease common to men:

or he shall descend into battle, and perish; which was commonly reckoned death, casual or accidental, and in which last way Saul did die, 1 Samuel 31:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 26:10. The Lord shall smite him — He shall die by a stroke of the Divine judgment; or his day shall come to die-he shall die a natural death; which in the course of things must be before mine, and thus I shall get rid of mine enemy; or he shall descend into the battle, and perish-he shall fall by the enemies of his country. These are the three ordinary ways by which man accomplishes, as a hireling, his day. Murder David could not consider to be lawful; this would have been taking the matter out of God's hand, and this David would not do.