Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 26:22
And David answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
22. let one of the young men, &c.] For he durst not now venture to put himself in Saul’s power, as he appears to have done upon the former occasion. Cp. 1Sa 26:13.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And David answered and said, behold the king’s spear!…. And which perhaps was his sceptre, and which David therefore would not keep, lest it should be thought or said that he had deprived him of an ensign of his royalty, and be interpreted as a token of his design to seize his crown and throne:
and let one of the young men come over and fetch it; for notwithstanding the acknowledgment Saul had made of his sin and folly, David did not choose to carry the spear to him; not caring to trust him, and put himself into his hands, lest the evil spirit should return and come upon him suddenly, and alter his disposition and carriage; nor would he send any of his men with it, whose lives were dear to him, lest they should be seized as traitors, but desires one of Saul’s men might be sent for it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(22) And David answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. (23) The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’S anointed. (24) And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. (25) Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
David points out in this account one grand motive why he had been so favourable to Saul, in that he considered him, as the Lord’s anointed. And had Saul considered David in the same light, his life ought to have been set by as equally sacred. It doth not appear by what follows in the history of Saul and David, that they ever conferred with one another, or saw the face of each other after this anymore. David went on his way, it is said, the way of grace and salvation; for Jesus was then as he was afterwards, and is now and ever will be, the way, the truth, and the life. Saul returned to his place. An awful account though short: for where is the place of the wicked, where in this life, and where in that which is to come? Judas, when he fell, went to his own place. Act 1:25 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 26:22 And David answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
Ver. 22. Behold the king’s spear!] Which I took away, not to retain it, but to return it, whereas thereby I had cleared nay much wronged innocence.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 26:22-24. Behold the kings spear, &c. He did not think it proper to put himself in Sauls power by going and presenting it himself to him. The Lord render to every man his righteousness In these words David shows the assurance he had that, however Saul dealt by him, the Lord would vindicate his cause on account of his integrity and righteous dealing. So let my life be much set by, &c. He prays that God would spare his life as he had spared Sauls, and show him similar mercy, and then he trusted that he should be delivered out of all his troubles.