20Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-29)Here, 1. The Ziphites offer their service to Saul, to betray David to him, 1 Sam. 23:19 , 20 . He was sheltering himself in the wilderness of Ziph ( 1 Sam. 23:14 , 15 ), putting the more confidence in the people of that country because they were of his own tribe. They had reason to think themselves happy that they had an opportunity of serving one who was the ornament of their tribe and was likely…
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