1 Samuel 26:16 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 26:16

This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”

BSB

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ASV

This thing is not good that thou hast done. As Jehovah liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept watch over your lord, Jehovah’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.

KJV

This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.

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Commentary

1 voice

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.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

30 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
ט֞וֹב	Tov	[is] good	H2896 →
הַדָּבָ֣ר	ha.da.Var	the thing	H1697 →
הַזֶּה֮	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עָשִׂיתָ֒	'a.si.Ta	you have done	H6213 →
חַי־	chai-	[by] [the] life	H2416 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	of Yahweh	H3068 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
בְנֵי־	ve.nei-	[are] sons of	H1121 →
מָ֙וֶת֙	ma.vet	death	H4194 →
אַתֶּ֔ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
אֲשֶׁ֧ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
שְׁמַרְתֶּ֛ם	she.mar.Tem	you watched	H8104 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֖ם	'a.do.nei.Khem	master<s> your	H113 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
מְשִׁ֣יחַ	me.Shi.ach	[the] [one] anointed of	H4899 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְעַתָּ֣ה׀	ve.'a.Tah	and now	H6258 →
רְאֵ֗ה	re.'Eh	see	H7200 →
אֵֽי־	'ei-	where?	H335 →
חֲנִ֥ית	cha.Nit	[is] [the] spear of	H2595 →
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
צַפַּ֥חַת	tza.Pa.chat	[the] jug of	H6835 →
הַמַּ֖יִם	ha.Ma.yim	<the> water	H4325 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו׃	me.ra.'a.sho.tov	[was the] place of head his	H4763 →

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
Psalms 102:20
to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
leads to
- Psalms 79:11
  May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 146:7
  He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
- Isaiah 61:1–3
  The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty…
- Exodus 3:7
  The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
Through
Psalms 79:11
May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
leads to
- Psalms 102:20
  to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
- Isaiah 42:7
  to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
Through
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?”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 1:14
  So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.’”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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02Original language & word study

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06About 1 Samuel

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