1 Samuel 26:11 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 26:11

But the LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”

BSB

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ASV

Jehovah forbid that I should put forth my hand against Jehovah’s anointed: but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go.

KJV

The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed,.... Or suffer any about him to do it; he speaks of it with the utmost detestation and abhorrence: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster; not to smite him with, as he desired, but to carry off, and was no other than his sceptre; See Gill on 1Sa 20:33, and the cruse of water; which stood in the same place, as appears by 1Sa 26:

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Besides, he was the sovereign; Though God had rejected him from the kingdom, it was in every way the best and most dutiful course, instead of precipitating his fall by imbruing their hands in his blood and thereby contracting the guilt of a great crime, to wait the awards of that retributive providence which sooner or later would take him off by some sudden and mortal blow.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This common custom of Arab sheiks was also the practice of the Hebrew chiefs. at his bolster--literally, "at his head"; perhaps, Saul as a sovereign had the distinguished luxury of a bolster carried for him. A "cruse of water" is usually, in warm climates, kept near a person's couch, as a drink in the night time is found very refreshing.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
חָלִ֤ילָה	cha.Li.lah	far be it	H2486 →
לִּי֙	li	to <the> me
מֵֽיהוָ֔ה	me.Yah.weh	from Yahweh	H3068 →
מִשְּׁלֹ֥חַ	mi.she.Lo.ach	from stretching out	H7971 →
יָדִ֖י	ya.Di	hand my	H3027 →
בִּמְשִׁ֣יחַ	bim.Shi.ach	on [the] [one] anointed of	H4899 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְ֠עַתָּה	Ve.'a.tah	and now	H6258 →
קַח־	kach-	take	H3947 →
נָ֨א	na'	please	H4994 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַחֲנִ֜ית	ha.cha.Nit	the spear	H2595 →
אֲשֶׁ֧ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו	me.ra.'a.sho.tov	[is the] place of head his	H4763 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
צַפַּ֥חַת	tza.Pa.chat	[the] jug of	H6835 →
הַמַּ֖יִם	ha.Ma.yim	<the> water	H4325 →
וְנֵ֥לֲכָה	ve.Ne.la.khah	and let us go	H1980 →
לָּֽנוּ׃	La.nu	for <the> ourselves

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

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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
2 Samuel 1:14
So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 26:9
  But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 31:4
  Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused…
Through
1 Samuel 24:12
May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.
leads to
- Judges 11:27
  I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
- Psalms 43:1
  Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
- Psalms 35:1
  Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
- Genesis 16:5
  Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me…
- Psalms 94:1
  O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
Through
2 Samuel 1:16
For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
leads to
- Matthew 27:25
  All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

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06About 1 Samuel

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Where the connections lead

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