Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 24:18
And thou hast showed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
And thou hast showed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me,…. The cutting off of the skirt of his robe only, when his life was in his hand, was a clear proof and full demonstration of his dealing well with him, and might sufficiently convince him he had no ill design upon him:
forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not; this was a plain proof and evidence of his kindness to him, which he owns, and also the providence of God in this affair, which had delivered him into the hands of David; by which he might see the Lord was for David, and against him, and might have deterred him from seeking David’s hurt hereafter; but it did not.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Sa 24:18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
Ver. 18. And thou hast showed this day. ] Saul being melted by those coals of kindness which David had heaped on his head, poureth out himself in a flood of passionate expressions, and for present spake as he thought. But good thoughts make but a thoroughfare of wicked hearts: they stay not there, as those that like not their lodging: their purposes, for want of performance, are but as clouds without rain, or as Hercules’ club in the tragedy, of a great bulk, but stuffed with moss and rubbish.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lord: 1Sa 24:10, 1Sa 23:7, 1Sa 26:23
delivered me: Heb. shut me up, 1Sa 23:12, 1Sa 26:8, *marg. Psa 31:8
Reciprocal: Exo 21:13 – God Jdg 4:7 – deliver 1Sa 24:4 – I will deliver 2Sa 18:28 – delivered up 2Ki 6:23 – he prepared Job 12:14 – he shutteth Job 16:11 – delivered me