Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 22:22
And David said unto Abiathar, I knew [it] that day, when Doeg the Edomite [was] there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned [the death] of all the persons of thy father’s house.
22. I have occasioned, &c.] David’s conscience pricks him for having been, even indirectly, the cause of so great a calamity.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 22. I knew it that day] When I saw Doeg there, I suspected he would make the matter known to Saul.
I have occasioned the death of all the persons] I have been the innocent cause of their destruction.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
I knew it; his malice and ambition made me suspect that he would do it.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And David said unto Abiathar, I knew [it] that day,…. That is, he thought in his mind at that time:
when Doeg the Edomite [was] there; at Nob; in the tabernacle, at the same time that David was there:
that he would surely tell Saul; that he saw David there, and what passed between him and Ahimelech; he knew he was a spiteful mischievous man; that he was a true Edomite, though a proselyte, and bore hatred and enmity in his mind against an Israelite, and especially an Israelite indeed, as David was:
I have occasioned [the death] of all the persons of thy father’s house: or have been the cause of all the evils that befell them, and the death they were put unto, not with design, but by accident; and it grieved him that he should be any ways an accessory thereunto, though without intention.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(22) When Doeg the Edomite was there.The Talmudical tradition evidently pre-supposes that a bitter enmity existed between David and Sauls too faithful friend Doeg. If the Rabbinical belief that the identity between the family servant, or steward, who accompanied the young man Saul on that journey when we first meet with him (see 1 Samuel 9) be accepted, this enmity would be partly accounted for. The Edomite Doeg, brought up with Saul in the family of Kish, no doubt was jealous for his master and his masters house with the passionate jealousy we so often find in old servants. He would share and probably fan his royal masters envy and fear respecting the brilliant young hero who was so rapidly supplanting Saul and Sauls house in the affections of Israel. So when David, flying for his life from Saul, met Doeg at the Sanctuary of Nob, he was seized with grave misgivings as to what would happen; and now, after the terrible vengeance of Saul, seems to reproach himself with having in Doegs presence exposed the hapless priest Ahimelech to Sauls furious anger.
The Talmud says the servant (1Sa. 16:18) who first searched out and brought David to play to the sick king was Doeg, anxious to relieve his masters sufferings, but curiously adds that even then the praises bestowed on David by Doeg were unreal: All the praises of David enumerated by Doeg in 1Sa. 16:18 had a malicious object.Sanhedrin, fol. 93, Colossians 2.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
22. I have occasioned David now remembers with regret the falsehoods by which he had deceived Ahimelech and acknowledges his guilt. But the rash and bloody deed of Saul convinces him that the king is God-forsaken, and he strengthens himself in view of this, and utters the feelings of his heart in an inimitable psalm. See Psalm lii, which is not so much against Doeg as against Saul, and at the conclusion of which David expresses his own hope and trust in the mercy of God.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘ And David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have occasioned the death of all the persons of your father’s house.” ’
When David heard it he was conscience stricken. He had noticed Doeg at the Sanctuary and now realised that he should have done something about him, and by not doing so had occasioned the death of all of Abiathar’s priestly relatives. It was not strictly an accurate verdict, for he could hardly justly have murdered Doeg at the time. But it does demonstrate how deeply David felt it.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
1Sa 22:22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew [it] that day, when Doeg the Edomite [was] there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned [the death] of all the persons of thy father’s house.
Ver. 22. I knew it. ] His sin therefore was the greater.
I have occasioned.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I have occasioned, &c.: i.e. involved. A mark of David’s characteristic tenderness.
all the persons = every soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I have occasioned: 1Sa 21:1-9, Psa 44:22
Reciprocal: Gen 44:31 – servants shall 1Sa 21:2 – The king 1Sa 27:11 – Lest