Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 19:5

For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest [it], and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

5. put his life in his hand ] i.e. voluntarily exposed himself to peril of death. The figure seems to be that of taking a treasure out of a safe place, and carrying it about with the risk of losing it Cp. ch. 1Sa 28:21; Jdg 12:3; Psa 119:109.

wrought a great salvation ] See 1Sa 11:9 (note), 13.

sin against innocent blood ] Incur bloodguiltiness by the murder of an innocent man. Cp. Deu 19:10-13; Psa 94:21.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Verse 5. For he did put his life in his hand] The pleadings in this verse, though short, are exceedingly cogent; and the argument is such as could not be resisted.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

He did put his life in his hand, i.e. he exposed his life to eminent hazard. See Poole “Jdg 12:3“.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

For he did put his life in his hand,…. Exposed himself to the utmost danger, when no one in all the camp of Israel would do the like:

and slew the Philistine; Goliath of Gath, who defied the armies of Israel; against him he went unarmed, only with his sling and stones, and fought him, and slew him:

and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel; by his hand, so that they were delivered from their enemies, who fled before them, and they pursued them, and got a complete victory over them:

thou sawest [it], and didst rejoice; he was an eyewitness of David’s going forth against the Philistine, and slaying him, and of all the happy effects of it, which then greatly affected him, and he could not forbear expressing great joy on that occasion:

wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? and so entail the guilt of it on himself and family.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

1Sa 19:5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest [it], and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

Ver. 5. For he did put his life in his hand. ] offered it, as it were, to Goliath to take away if he could: like as the King of Sweden said of Queen Elizabeth when she took upon her the protection of the Netherlands, that she took the crown from her own head, and set it upon the head of fortune.

And the Lord wrought, &c. ] And shall he be murdered who hath so highly merited? Absit nefas.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)