5For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
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And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Saul and Jonathan appear here in their different characters, with reference to David. I. Never was enemy so unreasonably cruel as Saul. He spoke to his son and all his servants that they should kill David , 1 Sam. 19:1. His projects to take him off had failed, and therefore he proclaims him an out-law, and charges all about him, upon their allegiance, to take the first opportunity to kill David. I…
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