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Text -- 1 Samuel 19:11 (NET)

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19:11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David’s wife Michal told him, “If you do not save yourself tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
 · Michal daughter of Saul; wife of David
 · Saul the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Saul | SAMUEL, BOOKS OF | Rulers | Michal | Malice | Jealousy | Holy Spirit | David | Character | more
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JFB: 1Sa 19:11-12 - -- The fear of causing a commotion in the town, or favoring his escape in the darkness, seemed to have influenced the king in ordering them to patrol til...

The fear of causing a commotion in the town, or favoring his escape in the darkness, seemed to have influenced the king in ordering them to patrol till the morning. This infatuation was overruled by Providence to favor David's escape; for his wife, secretly apprised by Jonathan, who was aware of the design, or by spying persons in court livery watching the gate, let him down through a window (see on Jos 2:15).

Clarke: 1Sa 19:11 - -- To slay him in the morning - When they might be able to distinguish between him and Michal his wife; for, had they attempted his life in the night s...

To slay him in the morning - When they might be able to distinguish between him and Michal his wife; for, had they attempted his life in the night season, there would have been some danger to Michal’ s life. Besides, Saul wished to represent him as a traitor; and consequently an attack upon him was justifiable at any time, even in the fullest daylight.

TSK: 1Sa 19:11 - -- sent messengers : Psa 59:1 *title Psa 59:3, Psa 59:4, Psa 59:6, Psa 59:15, Psa 59:16 to watch him : Jdg 16:2

sent messengers : Psa 59:1 *title Psa 59:3, Psa 59:4, Psa 59:6, Psa 59:15, Psa 59:16

to watch him : Jdg 16:2

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: 1Sa 19:11 - -- Saul’ s plan was to surround the house at night, and to have David killed as soon as he came abroad unsuspectingly in the morning.

Saul’ s plan was to surround the house at night, and to have David killed as soon as he came abroad unsuspectingly in the morning.

Poole: 1Sa 19:11 - -- To slay him in the morning: why not in the night? Answ Partly, because it would have been barbarous, and most dishonourable to Saul, to break into ...

To slay him in the morning: why not in the night?

Answ Partly, because it would have been barbarous, and most dishonourable to Saul, to break into David’ s house by night, and kill him in his own house and bed; and it seemed more expedient to kill him as he came out of his house in the morning; partly, because the night might give David some opportunity of escaping, which the day-light would prevent; and principally, by God’ s singular providence, infatuating Saul’ s mind to take the worst course, that David might be delivered from him. Tomorrow thou shalt be slain; which she might learn, either by information from Jonathan, or some other courtier that was privy to rite design; or from her own observation of some suspicious or dangerous persons hovering about the house.

Haydock: 1Sa 19:11 - -- Morning, fearing lest they might miss him in the night, (Salien) and perhaps desiring to see his execution, after he had been tried. (Josephus) --- ...

Morning, fearing lest they might miss him in the night, (Salien) and perhaps desiring to see his execution, after he had been tried. (Josephus) ---

The Philistines would not attack Samson at night. See Judges xvi. 2., and Exodus xiv. 20. The Parthians and Mahometans will do nothing at that time; moved perhaps by some superstitious notion. (Calmet)

Gill: 1Sa 19:11 - -- And Saul sent messengers unto David's house,.... Supposing that he was gone thither; where this was is not said, very likely in Gibeah, where Saul liv...

And Saul sent messengers unto David's house,.... Supposing that he was gone thither; where this was is not said, very likely in Gibeah, where Saul lived:

to watch him; that he might not get out from thence in the night:

and to slay him in the morning; the reason why he did not order them to break into the house, and slay him at once, but wait till morning, seems to be, lest should he be alarmed by their breaking in, he might take the advantage of the night, and easily escape, or another person through mistake might be slain for him; and therefore, that they might be sure of him, they were to watch till it was broad daylight, when they could not well miss him. Josephus d says, the orders to watch him until morning were, that he might be taken and brought to a court of judicature, and be condemned and put to death, which was usually held in a morning; but Saul's orders to the messengers were to put him to death themselves, and he had no notion of dealing with him according to a formal process of judgment:

and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, if thou save not thy life tonight, tomorrow thou shalt be slain; meaning, if he did not take the benefit and advantage of the night to make his escape, he would not be able to do it in the morning; the house being so beset, as she perceived, by persons whom she might suspect were sent by Saul to destroy him, knowing the ill will her father bore to him, or a messenger at the same time might be dispatched to her, either from her brother Jonathan, or from one of her friends at court, acquainting her with the design against David, and the danger he was in. Upon this occasion David penned the fifty ninth psalm, see Psa 59:1.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Sa 19:11 Heb “your life.”

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 1Sa 19:1-24 - --1 Jonathan discloses his father's purpose to kill David.4 He persuades his father to reconciliation.8 By reason of David's good success in a new war, ...

MHCC: 1Sa 19:11-24 - --Michal's stratagem to gain time till David got to a distance was allowable, but her falsehood had not even the plea of necessity to excuse it, and man...

Matthew Henry: 1Sa 19:11-17 - -- Here is, I. Saul's further design of mischief to David. When David had escaped the javelin, supposing he went straight to his own house, as indeed h...

Keil-Delitzsch: 1Sa 19:11-12 - -- "Saul sent messengers to David's house," to which David had first fled, " towatch him (that he might not get away again), and to put him to death i...

Constable: 1Sa 16:1--31:13 - --IV. SAUL AND DAVID 1 Sam. 16--31 The basic theme in Samuel, that blessing, and in particular fertility of all ki...

Constable: 1Sa 18:1--19:18 - --3. The results of God's selection of David 18:1-19:17 Earlier the writer narrated Saul's anointi...

Constable: 1Sa 19:11-17 - --Michal's attempt to protect David 19:11-17 God's preservation of His anointed servant Da...

Guzik: 1Sa 19:1-24 - --1 Samuel 19 - David Flees from Saul Psalm relevant to this chapter: Psalm 59. A. Jonathan defends David before his father Saul. 1. (1a) Saul plots t...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF SAMUEL. The two were, by the ancient Jews, conjoined so as to make one book, and in that form could be called the Book o...

JFB: 1 Samuel (Outline) OF ELKANAH AND HIS TWO WIVES. (1Sa 1:1-8) HANNAH'S PRAYER. (1Sa 1:9-18) SAMUEL BORN. (1Sa 1:20) HANNAH'S SONG IN THANKFULNESS TO GOD. (1Sa 2:1-11) TH...

TSK: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called " The First Book of the KINGS."

TSK: 1 Samuel 19 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 1Sa 19:1, Jonathan discloses his father’s purpose to kill David; 1Sa 19:4, He persuades his father to reconciliation; 1Sa 19:8, By reas...

Poole: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL OTHERWISE CALLED THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS. THE ARGUMENT. IT is not certainly known who was the penman of this Book, or whe...

Poole: 1 Samuel 19 (Chapter Introduction) SAMUEL CHAPTER 19 Saul purposeth to kill David; Jonathan discloseth it; speaketh in his behalf to Saul, who sweareth not to kill him; he returneth ...

MHCC: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) In this book we have an account of Eli, and the wickedness of his sons; also of Samuel, his character and actions. Then of the advancement of Saul to ...

MHCC: 1 Samuel 19 (Chapter Introduction) (1Sa 19:1-10) Jonathan reconciles his father to David, Saul again tries to slay him. (1Sa 19:11-24) David flees to Samuel.

Matthew Henry: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The First Book of Samuel This book, and that which follows it, bear the name of Samuel in the title, ...

Matthew Henry: 1 Samuel 19 (Chapter Introduction) Immediately after David's marriage, which one would have hoped would secure him Saul's affection, we find his troubles coming upon him faster than ...

Constable: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) Introduction Title First and Second Samuel were originally one book called the Book of...

Constable: 1 Samuel (Outline) Outline I. Eli and Samuel chs. 1-3 A. The change from barrenness to fertility 1:1-2:10 ...

Constable: 1 Samuel 1 Samuel Bibliography Ackroyd, Peter R. The First Book of Samuel. Cambridge Bible Commentary on the New English...

Haydock: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL; otherwise called, THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS. INTRODUCTION. This and the following Book are called by the Hebrews, the...

Gill: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 SAMUEL This book, in the Hebrew copies, is commonly called Samuel, or the Book of Samuel; in the Syriac version, the Book of Samu...

Gill: 1 Samuel 19 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 19 This chapter relates the dangers David was exposed unto through Saul's enmity at him, and his deliverance from them...

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