1Sa 26:19-20 | KingComments | STEP | While David is talking to Abner, Saul wakes up. He hears the conversation and recognizes the voice of David. David then addresses Saul, as he did in 1 Samuel 24. Yet it is not in the same way. David speaks more clearly here, there is more indignation in it, but without insulting Saul. He asks Saul a few questions, from which Saul must be able to see that he is completely wrong. Can Saul mention just one reason that can justify his pursuit? Is there anything evil in David to point out? David sees only two possibilities that make Saul pursue him so much. It may be that the LORD does it. If so, an offering is his only protection against the LORD’s wrath. In the picture it speaks of the fact that only an appeal to the perfection of the Lord Jesus in His God-dedicated life can deliver him from the wrath of God. Although there is no apparent evil with David, David knows of himself that he is not without sin. Only the Lord Jesus is without sin. It is also possible that David means that the LORD is angry with Saul and incites him to this wrong action and that David says to Saul how he can be pleasing to the LORD. But if they are men, then they take upon themselves the curse of the LORD, for then they are to blame for the fact that he has had to leave his inheritance that the LORD has given him. Without directly accusing Saul, David is forced by Saul to leave his inheritance. The people who slander him before Saul chase him away from God’s land and in fact say that he should go and serve other gods, idols. David knows that the LORD is with him, but he is not insensitive to all that he misses. If people slander us, it can bring us to the point where we no longer enjoy the Lord’s things. There is even the danger of resorting to methods originating from the flesh. We see this in the next chapter even literally happen with David. His stay outside the place of blessing brings him into the realm and under the power of demons. David knows that Saul is out on his blood. Although Saul does not have him in his hands, he asks Saul not to let his blood fall to the ground away from the LORD’s presence. David attributes to Saul the deed he intends to do. In doing so, he puts Saul’s plan on the same level as its execution .

‏ 1 Samuel 26:19-20

David Addresses Saul

While David is talking to Abner, Saul wakes up. He hears the conversation and recognizes the voice of David. David then addresses Saul, as he did in 1 Samuel 24. Yet it is not in the same way. David speaks more clearly here, there is more indignation in it, but without insulting Saul. He asks Saul a few questions, from which Saul must be able to see that he is completely wrong. Can Saul mention just one reason that can justify his pursuit? Is there anything evil in David to point out?

David sees only two possibilities that make Saul pursue him so much. It may be that the LORD does it. If so, an offering is his only protection against the LORD’s wrath. In the picture it speaks of the fact that only an appeal to the perfection of the Lord Jesus in His God-dedicated life can deliver him from the wrath of God. Although there is no apparent evil with David, David knows of himself that he is not without sin. Only the Lord Jesus is without sin. It is also possible that David means that the LORD is angry with Saul and incites him to this wrong action and that David says to Saul how he can be pleasing to the LORD.

But if they are men, then they take upon themselves the curse of the LORD, for then they are to blame for the fact that he has had to leave his inheritance that the LORD has given him. Without directly accusing Saul, David is forced by Saul to leave his inheritance. The people who slander him before Saul chase him away from God’s land and in fact say that he should go and serve other gods, idols. David knows that the LORD is with him, but he is not insensitive to all that he misses.

If people slander us, it can bring us to the point where we no longer enjoy the Lord’s things. There is even the danger of resorting to methods originating from the flesh. We see this in the next chapter even literally happen with David. His stay outside the place of blessing brings him into the realm and under the power of demons.

David knows that Saul is out on his blood. Although Saul does not have him in his hands, he asks Saul not to let his blood fall to the ground away from the LORD’s presence. David attributes to Saul the deed he intends to do. In doing so, he puts Saul’s plan on the same level as its execution.