19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear che words of his ſervant. If the LORD have ftir- red thee up againſt me x, let him + accept an offering ; y: burif 5hey be the children of men z, curſed be they _—__ before the LORD: for they have driven me out this
day from Þ abiding in the inheritance of the LORD -., + xe, ſaying, Go, ſerve other gods 4. _ , leaving.
x If the Lord hath by the evil Spirit which he hath ſent,or by his ſecret Providence, direed thy Rage againſt me for the Puniſh- ment of thine, or my fins. y Let us, offer up a Sacrifice to God to appeaſe his Wrath againſt us. z Who by their crafty Inſinuati- ons, and Calumnies, have incenſed thee againſt me. He ſhewerh his Prudence, and Reverence, and Meekneſs ; thar he accuſeth noc the King, but tranſlateth the faulr wholly upen his Evil Miniſters ; as the J/raelites do in the like Caſe, Exod+ 5. 16. .*. From the Land which God hath given to his People for their Inheritance, and where he harh eſtabliſhed his Preſence and Worſhip. # This was the Language of their Aftions. For by driving him from God's Land, and the place of his Worſhip, into Foreign and Idolarrcus
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A «» exnoſed him to the peril of being either enſnared by ' By which it is implied, That he would have gone on in Perſe,
1427 Sant og a7 Som rh or forced by their threats and power | cuting David, if he had continued in his D-minions. ,
ts workip Idols- 5 4 And David faid unto Achiſh, If I have now
20 Now therefore ket not my blood fall to the earth | found grace 1n thine eyes, let them give me a place in
| B before the face of the LORD c: for the king of Iſrael | ſome crown in the countrey, that I may dwell there e:
[* Chap. is come out to ſeek * a flea d, as when one doth hunt | for why ſhould thy ſervant dwell in the royal city with {24-74 a partridge in the mountains #4. | thee f ?
| b Do not attempt to ſpill my Innocent Blood like Water up- | e A prudent deſire. Hereby David deſigned, 1. To preſerve his
on the ground. c Remember, it thou doeft it, GOD the Judge of | People, borh from the Idolatry, and other Vices, which converſi-
all Men feeth it, and will avenge it of thee ; though I will not a- tion with che Philiſtines would have expoſed them to : and from thar
venge my ſelf. d Hard ro be taken, and not worth catching; @f Envy, and Malice, and Miſchief, which diverlity of Religion, or
mean and contemptible. Perſon. d Where bis advantage doth no | other Prejudices, might have cauſed. 2. That he might have OP=
way compenſate his Labour. portunity of enterprizing ſomething againſt God's Enemies, withour
2x C Then ſaid Saul, I have ſinned. Return, my | the knowledge or obſervation of the Philiſtines. f Which is too creat
ſon David, for 1 will no more do thee harm, becauſe | 22 honour for me, and roo burdenſome to thee, and may be an oc-
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. . caſion of ſuſpicion and offence to th = my ſoul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, 1 1199 FRA offence to thy People, and of many other in
have played the fool, and have erred exccedingly e. 6 Then Achiſh gavehim Ziklag g that day: where-
| is faulty becauſe his . - e He not only confeſſerh, but aggravateth his faulty | fore Ziklap pertaineth unto os of Conſcience was fully convinced, though his Heart was not chang hate day _ P g Judah hb unto
eo 22 And David anſwered and ſaid, Behold the kings Nor only to Inhabir, but to Poſſeſs it as his own. Which he did, f the young men come over and to Jay the greater obligations upon David, whom he knew ſo able to
ſpear, and let one or the young | ferve him. + It was givento the Tribe of Judah before, Joſh. 15. 31. fetch it. XA and afcerwards ro the Tribe of S:meon, Joſh. 19. 5. whoſe inheritance 22 The LORD render to every man his righteouſ- was given them within rhe inheritance of che children of Judah, Chap. 19. neſs and his faithfulneſs f : for the LORD delivered | 7. , But the Philifiines kept the Poleſſion of it till this time, arid were
a +þ | hitherto permitted to do ſo. And being now given by them to Dae thee into wy hand to day, but I would not ſtretch forth vid, 1t now belonged not to the Peop!e of the Tribs of Judah, to
mine hand a ain{t the LORD'S anointed. whom it was allotted before; but to rhe King of Judah, David and f I deſire, i God would deal no otherwiſe with me, than I have | his Heirs for ever. #i This, and ſome ſuch Clauſes ſeem = —_ Real with thee. ; been added by ſome Sacred Writers, after the wain Subſtance of the 24 And behold, as thy life was much ſet by this day | ſeveral Books was written, (Cha 25
in mineeyes, ſo let my life be much ſer by inthe eyes of 7 And | che time that David dwelc in the countrey the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all cribulati- | of the Philiſtines, was F a fuil year and four months &. tHe. u; on D | k Heb. days and four monerhs ; days being put for a year; as Levit. nimbersf
« . , 25, 29. Or, tome aays and four moneths ; i.e. Some days above four days. 25 Then Saul ſaid to David, Bleſſed be thou, my ſon | \10,QQh, Oo, fune dye ant-C lit; an0%. ave char ts 1 Conjuntts yl
+ Heb. in "David : thou ſhalt both T do great things, and _ _ on, and, being oft uſed, as hath been proved above) four moneth;, Year of " _—_ {till _ : eg went On _ Way g, and oau FP I _— _ his men went up, and invaded aays. or wu . leg roars unſtable and deceitful Heart, he would not wg i es the || ro ro © and. che Amalekites ; 28, 32. bs, 5 to any of, his Profefions, or P:oiniſes, bur kept our of his |. * nations were | of old the inhabitants of Girzites, os the land, as thou goeſt co Shur, even unto the land of f Heb.
_ Egypr. f Bengt C H A P. XXVII. { Who were anciently ſeated in other places, Joſh. 12. 12. ang *! Mic, Goo Men, and all his Family, gocth to K. Achijh: And a- I6. 3. but for ſome reaſons not now known, they changed their ?' _
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wore there @ while ; Saul purſueth ns more af:er him, 1 +. He | Seats, as was then very uſual, and ſeated themſelves and had for obraineth Ziklag of Achiſb to dwell in, 5 He invadeth neighbour ſonie conliderable time Jived near the Amalekites. m The remnant ge Nations : Leaves no man alive to complain : Perſwadeth Achiſh, he fought thoſe whom Saul deſtroyed, 1 Sam. 15: who fled from his Sword,and agoint Judah, 8 am * retired into remote and deſert places.