1Sa 18:10-11, Mat 12:43-45, Luk 11:24-26 | TSK | STEP | the evil spirit. and he prophesied.{Wyyithnabbai,} rather, "and he pretended to prophesy; for the verb is in {Hithpaël,} the signification of which conjugation is not only reflex action, but also affectation of the action: Jer 29:26, 27. The meaning seems to be, that Saul, influenced by the evil spirit, feigned to be prophesying, the better to conceal his murderous intentions, and to render David unsuspicious. played. and there was.{Wehachanith beyad Shäool,} rather, "and the javelin was in the hand of Saul;" for the javelin or spear was the emblem of regal authority; and kings had it always in their hand, as may be seen represented on ancient monuments. In ancient times, says Justin, kings used a spear instead of a sceptre.

1 Samuel 18:10-11

the evil spirit.

and he prophesied.{Wyyithnabbai,} rather, "and he pretended to prophesy; for the verb is in {Hithpaël,} the signification of which conjugation is not only reflex action, but also affectation of the action: Jer 29:26, 27. The meaning seems to be, that Saul, influenced by the evil spirit, feigned to be prophesying, the better to conceal his murderous intentions, and to render David unsuspicious.

19:24; 1Ki 18:29; 22:12,20-23; Jer 28:2-4,11; Zec 13:2-5; Ac 16:16

2Th 2:11

played.

16:16,23

and there was.{Wehachanith beyad Shäool,} rather, "and the javelin was in the hand of Saul;" for the javelin or spear was the emblem of regal authority; and kings had it always in their hand, as may be seen represented on ancient monuments. In ancient times, says Justin, kings used a spear instead of a sceptre.

cast the javelin.

19:9,10; 20:33; Pr 27:4; Isa 54:17

And David.

Ps 37:32,33; Isa 54:17; Lu 4:30; Joh 8:59; 10:39

Matthew 12:43-45

when.Had there been no reality in demoniacal possessions, as some have supposed, our Lord would scarcely have appealed to a case of this kind here, to point out the real state of the Jewish people, and their approaching desolation. Had this been only a vulgar error, of the nonsense of which the learned scribes and wise Pharisees must have been convinced, the case, not being in point, because not true, must have been treated with contempt by the very people for whose conviction it was designed.

the unclean.

Lu 11:24; Ac 8:13

he.

Job 1:7; 2:2; 1Pe 5:8

dry.

Ps 63:1; Isa 35:6,7; 41:18; Eze 47:8-12; Am 8:11-13

seeking.

8:29; Mr 5:7-13; Lu 8:28-32

my.

29; Lu 11:21,22; Joh 13:27; Eph 2:2; 1Jo 4:4

he findeth.

13:20-22; Ps 81:11,12; Ho 7:6; Joh 12:6; 13:2; Ac 5:1-3; 8:18-23