and came in # before the people. ——— " From his Preſence and Court ; which he did, partly; bo wt feared leſt Dwvid thould watch and find an opportunity tO &1 _ as he had deſigned to kill David ; partly, becauſe he b as : g mw Eye-ſore, and his preſence now made him more ſad _ oben Muſick had made hum chearful:and principally that here y o em expoſe him to tie grearelt hazards and in fome ſort aw g4 tar to the hands of the Philifines, u He led his Soldiers fout » P and brought them back again wirh ſafery. Compare 2 an FH Het Or elſe the Phraſe of coming in, and going out, may be underitoo oo elſe where ) for converting Soy (as we uſe to ſay ) going *o an abour buſineſs ; as Chap. 29+ O- | [ : ' 14 And David || behaved ome wiſely in all his nd the LORD was with him . T9 ona he had great Prudence in his ConduQ and [0 ; AMY ſucceſs fo!lowing his Deſigns: which are cwo principal _ oy 2 ons of a G-nera', +a OT. [0 God tuined all Sz vices upon h:miclf and ro David's Advantage. ; TR Wherefore when Saul ſaw that he behaved him-
ſelf wiſ:ly, he was atraid of him. _ ; tte all Hrael and Judah loved David, becauſe he
went out and came in before chem. 17 4 And Saul faid to David, _—_ my ou s f . . Fe a. he; . on y daughter Merab, her will I give thee co wite | be « 6 + valiant for me, and fight the LOR L > bartels: for Saul ſaid, Let not mine hard be upon him, bur ler tlie hand of ctie Phi:iitines be upon iym & | 3 This was no more than Saul was obliged ro do by his former promiſe, Chap 17. 25. which here he renews and pretenes to perform, though he intended nothing lets, 2s the Sequel thews. Whercby he makes himlſclf guilry of Jagratitude, Injuſticcs and breach of Truſt, and withal of groſs Hy pocrifie. 2 He ilfought ſo great art of- fer wou'd oblige him, who was of himſelt Valiant enough, to give proofs of more than common Valour, and to venture upon the moit dngerous Enterprizes .. | 5 And David faid tints' Saul, Whom? and what & my life a, or my f:thers family in lrael,that Ithould be ſon in law to tbe king ?. , 99 | Ws a i.e. My manner of livmg ! How obſcure is that condirion in
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born and hive been bred.! Or rather thus : How lictle | _ life Crk; that by the expoſing of that ro ſome hezard | ( whicky Saul required of him } Ffhould purchaſe a King's Daugh- |
ter! In theſe Expreflions David ſheweth nor only his Hunulicy, bur ſo his Wiſiom, in diſcovering fo deep a ſenſe of tis own mean» neſs, that Saul might ſce hew far he was trom afpiring at the King= dom, and-u-ght have no occaſion to fitlpe& that he was alreadly a> cinted thereto. n |
: vg Bur ic came to Paſs at the time when Merab Sauls daughter ſhouid have been given to David 5, that ibe was given unto Adriel the Meholathite c to wife. | OE BY ROY
6 When the Marriage was even ready to be ſolemnized. c The
Son of Barz:Uai, as he 1s called 2 Sam. 21. 8. "This was an at of grear Tyjuſtice and Pertidiouſneſs ;* and accordingly this M arriage Was accurſed by G-d, and the C hildrea begorten 1a 1t, were by God's poLAtIMent cur off, 2 Sam. 21s | : —_ And Michal Sauls .daughter loved David :; and
| rhey told Saul, and che thing Þ pleaſed him 4.
d Not for any RefpeQ' he had ro David ; bur for hisown mali- '043 and wicked Ends, that he might make uſe of her love to Dawd, to enſaare and ruine himy- which, ae though might be done many
ways, whereof one 1s here expreit:d. EE : | 21 And Sau! {aid, I will give him her, that ſhe may be a ſnare to him, and char che hand of the Philiſtines *may be* againft him, Wherefore Saul ſaid co David, :6 Thou ſhalt * this day e be my fon in law, in 1he one of e twain f. | | CCS bac i. & Fl within a time which probably $au! prefixed. F Whereas I have only two Daughters, and chou was diſappointed of thy expeQtarion in the one »y an unexpeRed accident thou thalt cer- tiny have the other, which is the tame thing, Heb. in the Wain. Thus the Cities of Gilead is pur for one of them, Judges I2.7% And the ſides of the Ship for one of the ſides, Jonah 1. 5. Or, be aith, in the twain, or*in butch, becaufe he was int effe& b<rrothed to the one, and ſhould be marricd to the other, and fo was his Son imrlaw upon # double account- . : :
\ 22. © And Saul commanded his ſervants, /aying,Com- mune with David g ſecretly, and ſay, Behold, the king barkdelight in thee, and all his ſervants love thee ; now therefore be the kings lon in law _
g Whom having ſoJarely and groly deceived,he found backward to embrace his motiong-and theretoie ters others on work to perſwade
him.
©. 23 And Sauls ſervants. ſpake thoſe words in' the ears of David : and David aid, Seemeth It to you &@ lipghe thing to be a: kings fon in law, teing that I am a poor man, and lightly eſteemed 5: 14
" þ And therefore neither have Eſtate nor Credit to give ( accord- ing to the manner, Ga, 34-42 Ex0d. 22,16, 17; )* a Lowry ſuitable
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and Fonathan told David, ſaying, Saul my father ſeek-
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24 And the ſervants of Saul told hini, ſaying, F On + Heb. chis manner ſpake David. OO #cooraiy
25 And Saul faid, Thus ſhal ye ſay to David, The ing king defireth not any dowry.but an hundred fore-skins ; of the Philiſtines, co be avenged cf the kings enemies. But Saul thought co make David fall by the hand of the Philiſtines. |
; Theſe he deſires rather than their Heads; partly ,for the great:r convenicnce of bringing them, and preſenting them betore bim ; part!y, to cover his Malice againſt David with a prerence of zeal for God, and for his People, and for rhe Covenant of Circumciſion ; and partly, that the Philiſtines might be the more enraged againſt David tor this reproachful and barbarous uſage of them, and might therefore watch all opportunities ro deſtroy him.
26 And when his ſervants told David theſe words, it pleaſed David well to be the kings fon in law &: and the days / were not f expired. 4
& As for other Reaſons,fſo eſpecially becauſe this apened the Door ,Hlebs to the Kingdom which Got kad promiſed him, 1 5 e. The time al- /*/flea, lowed by Saul to David for the Execution of this Exploit.
27 Wherefore David aroſe, he, and his men, and ſlew of the Philiſtines ewo hundred men, and David brought their fore-skins, and they gave them in. full tale to the King », that he might be the kings ſon in law x and Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.