6And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: …
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless? …
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here, I. Saul renews his pursuit of David, 1 Sam. 24:1 , 2 . No sooner had he come home safely from chasing the Philistines, in which it should seem he had good success, than he enquired after David to do him a mischief, and resolved to have another thrust at him, as if he had been delivered to do all these abominations , Jer. 7:10. By the frequent incursions of the Philistines, he might have seen…
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