15And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
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Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. …
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-20)Solomon observes that the righteous is delivered out of trouble and the wicked cometh in his stead , that the just falleth seven times a-day and riseth again ; so it was with David. Many were his troubles, but the Lord delivered him out of them all , and particularly out of this of which we have here an account. I. He enquired of the Lord both concerning his duty— Shall I pursue after this troop ?…
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