1 Samuel 24:6 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 24:6

So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”

BSB

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ASV

And he said unto his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing unto my lord, Jehovah’s anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is Jehovah’s anointed.

KJV

And he said unto his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On the Duties of the Clergy 3.9.60 (397)

What a virtuous action that was, when David wished rather to spare the king his enemy, though he could have injured him! How useful, too, it was, for it helped him when he succeeded to the throne. For all learned to be faithful to their king and not to seize the kingdom but to fear and reverence him. Thus what is virtuous was preferred to what was useful, and then usefulness followed on what was virtuous.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The Lord’s anointed - However unworthily Saul was now acting, he had been appointed to his high office by God himself, and he could only be removed by the authority which placed him on the throne. Even David, who knew he was appointed to reign in his stead, and whose life Saul had often sought to destroy, did not conceive that he had any right to take away his life; and he grounds the reasons of his forbearance on this - He is my master, I am his subject.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לַאֲנָשָׁ֜יו	la.'a.na.Shav	to men his	H582 →
חָלִ֧ילָה	cha.Li.lah	far be it	H2486 →
לִּ֣י	li	to <the> me
מֵֽיהוָ֗ה	me.Yah.weh	from Yahweh	H3068 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
אֶעֱשֶׂה֩	'e.'e.Seh	I will do	H6213 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַדָּבָ֨ר	ha.da.Var	the thing	H1697 →
הַזֶּ֤ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
לַֽאדֹנִי֙	la.do.Ni	to lord my	H113 →
לִמְשִׁ֣יחַ	lim.Shi.ach	to [the] [one] anointed of	H4899 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לִשְׁלֹ֥חַ	lish.Lo.ach	by stretching out	H7971 →
יָדִ֖י	ya.Di	hand my	H3027 →
בּ֑וֹ	bo	on <the> him
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
מְשִׁ֥יחַ	me.Shi.ach	[is] [the] [one] anointed of	H4899 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הֽוּא׃	Hu'	he	H1931 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:9
  Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 12:14
  Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
- Luke 6:27–28
  But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- Romans 12:20–21
  On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
- Proverbs 25:21–22
  If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Through
Romans 12:14
Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
leads to
- Matthew 5:44
  But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15
  Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
- Romans 12:21
  Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

About 1 Samuel

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

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