1 Samuel 24:5 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 24:5

Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.

BSB

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ASV

And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.

KJV

And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory of Nyssa

ON THE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PSALMS 2.14.227-28 (395)

When, therefore, he was alone and had removed his robe and laid it down somewhere beside him, the light from the mouth of the cave made him visible to those hidden within the darkness. All of David's companions wanted to rush upon the enemy and avenge themselves on the one who had come to kill them, since God had given the enemy into the hands of those who were being pursued for slaughter. But David forbade them to attack, considering an assault against their king unlawful. He drew his own sword from its sheath and imperceptibly stood behind Saul.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him,.... His conscience accused him, and he repented of what he had done: because he had cut off Saul's skirt; which though less than what his servants put him upon, and he might have thoughts of doing, yet was considered by him as a great indignity to his sovereign, and therefore sat uneasy on his mind.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
אַֽחֲרֵי־	'a.cha.rei-	after	H310 →
כֵ֔ן	Khen	thus	H3651 →
וַיַּ֥ךְ	vai.Yakh	and it struck	H5221 →
לֵב־	lev-	[the] heart of	H3820 →
דָּוִ֖ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֹת֑וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
עַ֚ל	'al	on	H5921 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
כָּרַ֔ת	ka.Rat	he had cut off	H3772 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּנָ֖ף	ka.Naf	[the] skirt	H3671 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
לְשָׁאֽוּל׃ ס	le.sha.'Ul	[belonged] to Saul	H7586 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
2 Kings 22:19
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse,…
leads to
- Psalms 51:17
  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
- 1 Kings 21:29
  “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house…
- Isaiah 57:15
  For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit,…
- Exodus 10:3
  So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people…
- 1 Peter 5:5–6
  Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Through
2 Samuel 24:10
After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 12:13
  Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
- 1 Samuel 13:13
  “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
Through
2 Samuel 12:9
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:19
  So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”

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David Shows Saul How He Spared His Life — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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06About 1 Samuel

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