David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
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David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
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David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
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David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 26:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 10:16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
- Joshua 2:1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, to a certain place.
Or, to a certain place.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood…
1Sa 26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
Ver. 4. David therefore sent out spies.] A practice in war both lawful and prudential.
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That Saul was come in very deed.] The devil driving him: for as he, being cast out of heaven, keepeth ado, and is restless; so do unruly spirits, led by him. And as he, being god of this world, is vexed to see men in the world to walk above the world: so are his instruments. See. Psa 27:12.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain David therefore sent out spies,.... To observe if he…
David therefore sent out spies,.... To observe if he was coming or come, and where he was, that he might not be surprised by him; for though David knew the Lord was and would be his protection, he thought proper to be upon his guard, and to make use of means for his safety:
and understood that Saul was come in very deed; that he was most certainly come, and come to some certain place; which he himself went to reconnoitre, as in Sa1 26:5.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Certainly, or in a place strongly secured by nature.…
Certainly, or in a place strongly secured by nature. Septuagint, "well armed."
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain David . . . sent out spies . .…
David . . . sent out spies . . . and David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched--Having obtained certain information of the locality, he seems, accompanied by his nephew (Sa1 26:6), to have hid himself, perhaps disguised, in a neighboring wood, or hill, on the skirts of the royal camp towards night, and waited to approach it under covert of the darkness.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. David… sent out spies — Who knew all…
4. David… sent out spies — Who knew all the windings of that desert. A most wily chieftain was David, and not to be taken unawares by Saul, or any other foe.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.