Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 26:16
This thing [is] not good that thou hast done. [As] the LORD liveth, ye [are] worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear [is], and the cruse of water that [was] at his bolster.
16. worthy to die ] Lit. sons of death. Cp. 1Sa 20:31.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
This thing is not good, i.e. it is very bad, a great crime. A figure called meiosis, as Pro 18:5; 19:2.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
13-20. Then David . . . stood on thetop of an hill afar off . . . and cried to the people(See onJud 9:7). The extraordinary purityand elasticity of the air in Palestine enable words to be distinctlyheard that are addressed by a speaker from the top of one hill topeople on that of another, from which it is separated by a deepintervening ravine. Hostile parties can thus speak to each other,while completely beyond the reach of each other’s attack. It resultsfrom the peculiar features of the country in many of the mountaindistricts.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
This thing [is] not good that thou hast done,…. Yea, it was very bad, a great fault, and very blameworthy, if he had neglected to set a watch over the king, whose business it was as a general; the words are expressed in a figure called “meiosis”, in which less is said than was intended:
[as] the Lord liveth, ye [are] worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord’s anointed; if a watch was set, and these had fallen asleep, and neglected their duty, or had deserted their post; which to do was a capital crime, and deserving of death; wherefore he does not say this of Abner, but of the watch:
and now see where the king’s spear [is], and the cruse of water that [was] at his bolster; which he then held up as proofs and evidences of the truth of what be said, that one had been in the camp and had carried off these, and who could as easily have destroyed the king as to have taken these away; and as he came hither with an intent to destroy him, would have done it, had he not been prevented by David; all which likewise plainly proved the negligence of Abner, in not setting a watch about his master, or the negligence of the watch that was set.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Sa 26:16 This thing [is] not good that thou hast done. [As] the LORD liveth, ye [are] worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’S anointed. And now see where the king’s spear [is], and the cruse of water that [was] at his bolster.
Ver. 16. Ye are worthy to die, ] sc., Ex iure Gentium, because ye keep no better a watch. Epaminondas walking the round, slew a watchman whom he found sleeping; and defended the fact by saying, Talem reliqui, qualem inveni, I left him no otherwise than I found him.
And now see where the king’s spear is.] Ecce signum, lo here an ocular demonstration of thy blameworthiness, but of mine integrity and innocence.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
not. Hebrew. `al. (Absolute.)
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
worthy to die: Heb. the sons of death, 1Sa 20:31, 2Sa 12:5, 2Sa 19:28, Psa 79:11, Psa 102:20, *marg. Eph 2:3
Lord’s: 1Sa 26:9, 1Sa 26:11, 1Sa 24:6
Reciprocal: Deu 21:22 – General 1Ki 2:26 – worthy of death Lam 4:20 – the anointed Mat 26:40 – What