» So he calls him; partly, becauſe he was his Father-in-law ; partly, in teſtimony of kis reſpe& and ſubjeQtion to him as to a Fa- ther ; and partly, that by ſo amiable a compellation he m»ght both inſinyate himſe}finto his favour, and mind him ofthat Duty which 2s a Father he owed to David. I neither deſign Miſchief againſt thee with my heart, nor will I execute it with my hand, which my falſe accuſers told thee I would do, ifthou didſt atany time fall in- to my hand-
12 The LORD judge | between me and thee, and
: ; "A 1. |
+ Or, wil | Judge. | not be upon thee #. q þ | |
et Or, will avenge me of thee, to wity if thou doſt perſiſt in thy in- 5 urious and cruel defigns againſt me. «s 1 will nog execute Vepge-
the LORD avenge me of thee z : but mine hand fhall
M U E L. 2 12 As ſaith the proverb of the ancierits, Wickedneſ proceedeth from the wicked x: but mine hand ſhall not be upon thee. x 1 e. Wicked men will do wicked Alffions, among which this is cne, to kill their Sovereign Lord and King ; as David implied a« bove, v. 6. and more fully expreſleth, chap. 26. 9. And therefore if I were ſo wicked and vile a perſon as thy Courtiers repreſent me to thee, I ſhould make no conſcience of laying wicked and violen$ hands upon thee, but ſhould Afſ:ſlinate thee when T had opportunie ty. Which becauſe I have now negle&ed and refuſed to do, though moved to it by ſome of my wicked Souldiers ; know therefore that I 2m not guilty of any wicked D-figns againſt thee, bur am juſt and innocent towards thee. Or thus: wicked aQtions ( ſuch as thar would have been if I had killed thee) proceed only from the wic- ked, of which number I am none, and therefore my hand ſhallnorx be upon thee. 14 After whom is the king of Iſrael come out ? after whom doſt thou purſue ? After a dead dog, after * a * Chay, flea y. 26. 20, y After a worthleſs, contemptible, and impotent- perſon, ſuch as Iam. Thou diſparageſt thy ſelf in contending with ſuch a per- _ z andeven thy conqueſt of me will be inglorious and ſhame« all. i5 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge be- tween me and thee, and fee, and plead my caule, and 7 deliver me out of thine hand. + Heb:
16 © And itcameto paſs when David had made an ju end of ſpeaking theſe words unto Saul, that Saul ſaid, 2 Sm Is rhis thy voice, my ſon David z? And Saul lift uphis **'9- voice, and wept 4.
z He knew his voice, though being at a great diſtance from him, he could not diſcern his face. a Partly, from the ſenſe of his Sin againſt God, and of his wicked and baſe carriage to David, ( for there are ſome ſuch Temporary Paſſions ofc-times in Hypocrites and ur.godly Men ) and principally ficm the remembrance of ſo great and fo Jare a dar g:r as he had ncw eſcaped; which commonly pro« diicerh Grief and Tears; as 2 Sam. 13. 36. Yet theſe may be tears of affeCtion or tenderneſs ( upon the ſenſe of Davids kindneſs ) ra- cher than of grief.
17 And he ſaid to David, Thou art more righteous
than I: for thou haſt rewarded me good b, whereas [ have rewarded thee evil c.
b For the evil that I have deſigned and done to thee, c For thy gocd will to me.
18 And thou haſt ſhewed this day how that thou
haſt deale well with me : foraſmuch as when the LORD
had F delivered me into thine hand, thou killedſt me + Heb!
not. {- ſhut up, i9 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go
well away 4? wherefore the LORD reward thee good,
for that thou haſt done unto me this day.
. 4 1. e. He will certainly deſtroy him. And therefore thou haſt
not deaJt with me after the manner of Men, but haſt imitated the
clemency of God in this a&. | 20 And now behold, * T know well e that thon * Cp:
ſhale be ſurely king, and that the kingdom of Iſrael 3 7:
ſhall be eftabliſhed in thine hand.
e Or, am convinced, not only by the fame of Samuels Anointing
= m_ o Gods = gular Providence watching over thee ; and by
that good Spirit, and thoſe great and princely Virtues
God hath endowed thee. . 4 hs OPER
21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD}
that thou wilt not cut off my ſeed after me f, and
that thou wilt not deſtroy my name g out of my fathers
houſe.
f His Princes uſe to deſtroy their Competitors, and thoſe that
have any hopes of, orpretence to their. Crown ; and Saul had en«
deavoured to deſtroy David for the ſame reaion,- ard therefore he
feared a retaliation. g To wit, by cutting off my Seed. So it is
the ſame thing repeared in other words, as is uſual in Scripture.
22 And David ſware unto Saul h : and Saul went
home ; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold :z. h Queſt. How then could David deftroy ſo many of Sau! Sons,
2 Sam. 21. 8? Anſw. David could bind bimſelf by his Oaths, bur he could not bind God, to whoſe good pleaſure aj Promiſes, Vows and Oaths, muft in all reaſon be tubmirred; and that was done by Gods Command, and God was well pleaſed with it, 2 Sam. 21. 14. Nor is it to be ſuppoſed that David ſware not to deſtroy any of chem in cafe God ſhould ſpeciaily Commard it, or that ſhould by miſcarriage render themſeives obnoxious to the Sword of Juſtice : bur only that he would not do it barely on his own private account, nor ſeek occaſions of ſo doing. i: To wit,of En-ged;, v. r. For having had ſo great and frequent experience of Sauls Inconſtancy, and Ma« lice, and Perfidioufneſs, he would truſt him no more.
CHAT xv. ; Samuel adieth :. David goeth to the wilderneſs of Paran, 1. Nabals Riches, 2, His and ns Wife Abigails Nature and Condition, 3. David requeſteth of Nabal ſome Relief for his Camp : He entreateth Davids Meſſengers ſcorn= fully. David is provoked. and mindeth to deſtroy him, 4, 13 Abi= gail underſiands it, 14, (7. Taketh @ Preſent 18,——22, And by her wiſdom, 23-——31, Pacifieth David, 3 2, 35. Nabal hear ing of this, dyeth, 36-——38. David taketh Abigail and Abinvam to be his Wives, 39 43- Sau} had given Michal to Phalti. 44. Nd * Samuel died, and all the Iiraclites were ga- ES .£ X | thered together, and lamented him, and buried Chit him 1n his houſe a at Ramah: And David aroſe, and © *
went down to the wildernels of Paran 6,
ance on thee, but will leave it wholly to God, 4
s According |
Chap. xxV: Chap: ?
| Or, bu-
I
Heb. as% him 18 my none of peace,
+ Heb. be 7m peace, gud thine hue peace,
+ Heb, | ſumed, 1
} Heb. refed,