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1 Samuel 26:13

in 1 Samuel 26

Then David crossed to the other side and stood atop the mountain at a distance; there was a wide gulf between them.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them;

KJV

Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:

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This verse in 1 Samuel 26

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Then David . . . stood on the top of an hill afar off . . . and cried to the people--(See on Jud 9:7). The extraordinary purity and elasticity of the air in Palestine enable words to be distinctly heard that are addressed by a speaker from the top of one hill to people on that of another, from which it is separated by a deep intervening ravine.

This site's exposition

Then David crossed to the other side and stood atop the mountain at a distance

on 1 Samuel 26:13-16

From a mountain across a wide gulf, David calls out to Abner and the camp. He shames the general as worthy of death for the watch he failed. Henry reads the distance David keeps as mercy that rests on God and need not stand near enough to be struck back.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Samuel · Written before 735.

proposed

And when David had passed over to the other side, etc. When Jesus had passed over from this world to the Father, and remained untroubled in the height of the Father's kingdom, clearly separated far from the sight of mortals, and there was a great …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Then David went over to the other side,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

He reasons ironically with Abner, and keenly banters him. David knew well that it was from the mighty power of God that Abner and the rest of the guards were cast into so deep a sleep, and that God's immediate hand was in it; but he reproaches Abner as unworthy to be captain of the lifeguards, since he could sleep when the king his master lay so much exposed.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּעֲבֹ֤רand he passed over

    vaiyaavorH5674 →556 times

  • דָּוִד֙David

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • הָעֵ֔בֶרthe other side

    haeverH5676 →90 times

  • וַיַּעֲמֹ֥דand he stood

    vaiyaamodH5975 →521 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • רֹאשׁ־[the] top of

    rosh-H7218 →599 times

  • הָהָ֖רthe hill

    haharH2022 →546 times

  • מֵֽרָחֹ֑קfrom a distance

    merachokH7350 →

  • רַ֥בgreat

    ravH7227 →454 times

  • הַמָּק֖וֹם<the> place

    hamakomH4725 →401 times

  • בֵּינֵיהֶֽם׃[was] between them

    beineihemH996 →407 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Judges 9:7

    When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 11:29

      When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

    • Deuteronomy 27:12

      “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

    • John 4:20

      Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

    • Isaiah 1:15

      When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

    • Proverbs 28:9

      Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 24:8

    After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 25:23–24

      When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.

    • 1 Samuel 26:17

      Then Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.

    • Exodus 20:12

      Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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About 1 Samuel

Anointing of David by Samuel, Félix-Joseph Barrias, 1842, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Public domain.
Anointing of David by Samuel, Félix-Joseph Barrias, 1842, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Public domain.
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This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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