Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 23:26
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
26. compassed round about ] i.e. encompassed, surrounded. Cp. Psa 5:12.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 26. Saul went on this side of the mountain] Evidently not knowing that David and his men were on the other side.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Dividing themselves into several parties, each marching a several way after him.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain,…. Saul with his army came to the very mountain where David and his men were, the one was on one side of it, and the other on the other side; there was only one mountain between them:
and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; he fled on one side of the mountain, while Saul was pursuing him on the other, and hastening to get round unto him:
for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them; he took methods by dividing his troops, and sending them different ways, to surround David and his men, and had very near effected it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“ And David was anxiously concerned to escape from Saul, and Saul and his men were encircling David and his men to seize them; but a messenger came to Saul … . Then Saul turned from pursuing David.” The two clauses, “for Saul and his men” ( 1Sa 23:26), and “there came a messenger” (1Sa 23:27), are the circumstantial clauses by which the situation is more clearly defined: the apodosis to does not follow till in 1Sa 23:28. The apodosis cannot begin with because the verb does not stand at the head. David had thus almost inextricably fallen into the hands of Saul; but God saved him by the fact that at that very moment a messenger arrived with the intelligence, “Hasten and go (come), for Philistines have fallen into the land,” and thus called Saul away from any further pursuit of David.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(26) The mountain.Conder, in his Tent Life in Palestine, identifies this spot with high probability. Indeed, his whole book is most instructive and trustworthy, and to the reader interested in these scenes in the life of David, as well as in those other many events which have taken place in the Storied Land, his book will form an admirable guide.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
26. Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David on that side From his rocky height David watched the approach of his enemy, and by his knowledge of the wilderness and his strategic skill he baffled all the efforts made to entrap him. But the verse implies that David’s plight at this time was a most hazardous one, and his pursuers had well nigh taken him.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Sa 23:26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
Ver. 26. And David made haste. ] After that he had first said in his haste, “All men” – prophets and all – “are liars.” Psa 116:11 Peter Martyr thinks David made that psalm, as also Psa 31:1-24 Psa 99:1-9 Psa 54:1-7 . about this time. Now it was that he was almost forsaken of his hopes; but God was seen in the mount.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Saul. Some codices, with one early printed edition (margin), add “and his men”.
for fear of Saul = from the face of Saul.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
David made haste: 1Sa 19:12, 1Sa 20:38, 2Sa 15:14, 2Sa 17:21, 2Sa 17:22, Psa 31:22
away: 2Ch 20:12, Psa 17:9, Psa 17:11, Psa 22:12, Psa 22:16, Psa 118:11-13, Psa 140:1-9, 2Co 1:8, Rev 20:9
Reciprocal: Jdg 16:2 – compassed 1Sa 20:1 – fled 1Sa 23:3 – Behold 2Sa 12:7 – I delivered 2Sa 22:19 – prevented 2Ki 6:14 – sent he thither horses Est 6:1 – that night Psa 4:1 – thou Psa 35:3 – stop Psa 37:33 – will not Psa 119:87 – almost Psa 124:7 – Our soul Act 12:6 – the same