Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 26:14

And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who [art] thou [that] criest to the king?

14. that criest to the king ] The Sept. omits “to the king;” but the Vulg. gives the sense rightly; “Who art thou that criest and disturbest the king?”

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Or,

with or beside the king, i.e. so near to him, so as to disturb the king.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

And David cried unto the people,…. To the army of Saul with a loud voice, that he might be heard:

and to Abner the son of Ner; particularly to him, because he was general of the army:

saying, answerest thou not, Abner? it seems he had called to him more than once, and he had returned no answer; perhaps not being thoroughly awake, or not knowing whose voice it was, and from whence it came:

then Abner answered and said, who [art] thou [that] criest to the king? but it does not appear that David called to the king, only to the people, and to Abner their general, and therefore may be better rendered, “by the king” s; that is, near him, or “before him” t, in his presence. Kimchi and Ben Melech explain it, upon the king, or over him; and the Targum is, at the head of the king; the meaning is, how he could act such a part as to call so loud within the king’s hearing, as to disturb the king’s rest, and awake him out of his sleep.

s “juxta regem”, Vatablus t Ceram rege, Nodlus, p. 58. No. 284.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(14) Who art thou that criest to the king?The Vulg. rightly interprets with Who art thou that criest and disquietest the king? that is, disturbs the kings rest with your shouting.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

14. David cried to the people “The people in these mountainous countries are able, from long practice, so to pitch their voices as to be heard distinctly at distances almost incredible. They talk with persons across enormous wadies, and give the most minute directions, which are perfectly understood. In the stillness of evening, after the people have returned home from their distant fields, the public crier of villages on Lebanon ascends the mountain side, above the place, or to the roof of some prominent house, and gives forth his proclamation with such distinctness that all can hear and understand it.” Thomson.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments