Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 26:18
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil [is] in mine hand?
18. And he said, &c.] With David’s speech here compare that in 1Sa 24:9 ff. Here he affirms his innocence indirectly by challenging Saul to give his reasons for persecuting him: there he appeals directly to his having spared Saul’s life as a proof of his loyalty.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And he said, wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant?…. Suggesting that it was both below him to do it, and against his interest; for David was his servant, and he would gladly have continued in his service, and done his business, but he drove him from it, and pursued him as a traitor, when he had not been guilty of any offence to his knowledge: and therefore puts the following questions:
for what have I done? or what evil [is] in mine hand? what crime had he committed, that he was pursued after this manner, and his life sought for? what had he done worthy of death? having a clear conscience, he could boldly ask these questions.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(18) What have I done?The whole address of David to Saul is intensely reverent, even loving. The conspicuous trophy of his late night raid was in his hand; we can imagine the first rays of the morning sun lighting up the glittering royal spear grasped by David. Saul could not help recognising that at least the son of Jesse sought not his life.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil [is] in mine hand?
Ver. 18. Wherefore doth my lord. ] Nothing is more irrational than irreligion. Would wicked persons but consider their ways, as they are oft advised, Hag 1:5 ; Hag 1:7 they would see them compact of mere incongruities and absurdities. But their lusts do so hang in their light that they think they have reason to be mad; and that there is no small sense in sinning.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
evil. Hebrew. ra’a. App-44.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Wherefore: 1Sa 24:9, 1Sa 24:11-14, Psa 7:3-5, Psa 35:7, Psa 69:4
what have I: 1Sa 17:29, Joh 8:46, Joh 10:32, Joh 18:23
Reciprocal: Gen 20:9 – What hast 1Sa 29:8 – But what have Psa 59:3 – not Psa 109:3 – fought Psa 119:78 – without Psa 119:161 – Princes Jer 37:18 – General Lam 3:52 – without Dan 6:22 – and also Mar 14:48 – Are