19For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: …
Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-22)I. Saul’s penitent reply to David’s speech. It was strange that he had patience to hear him out, considering how outrageous he was against him, and how cutting David’s discourse was. But God restrained him and his men; and we may suppose Saul struck with amazement at the singularity of the event, and much more when he found how much he had lain at David’s mercy. His heart must have been harder tha…
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