4And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here is, I. The prevalency of David’s fear, which was the effect of the weakness of his faith (1 Sam. 27:1): He said to his heart (so it may be read), in his communings with it concerning his present condition, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul . He represented to himself the restless rage and malice of Saul (who could not be wrought into a reconciliation) and the treachery of his own…
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