17And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
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For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-18)Here is, I. David absconding. He abode in a wilderness, in a mountain (1 Sam. 23:14), in a wood , 1 Sam. 23:15. We must here, 1. Commend his eminent virtues, his humility, modesty, fidelity to his prince, and patient attendance on the providence of his God, that he did not draw up his forces against Saul, fight him in the field, or surprise him by some stratagem or other, and so avenge his own qua…
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