7And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. …
And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, …
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-13)Here is, I. Saul contriving within himself the destruction of David ( 1 Sam. 23:7 , 8 ): He heard that he had come to Keilah ; and did he not hear what brought him thither? Was it not told him that he had bravely relieved Keilah and delivered it out of the hands of the Philistines? This, one would think, should have put Saul upon considering what honour and dignity should be done to David for this…
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