Saul was told that David had fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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Saul was told that David had fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath; and he sought no more again for him.
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 27:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 26:21 Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 27:4 And it was told Saul that David…
1Sa 27:4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
Ver. 4. That David was fled to Gath.] Such news would fly amain, and make good sport amongst the courtiers his enemies, but grieve good Jonathan and his party there.
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And he sought no more again for him.] As he would have done, if to any purpose; for malice is restless and irreconcilable.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain By which it is implied that he would have…
By which it is implied that he would have gone on in persecuting David, if he had continued in his dominions.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it was told Saul that David was fled…
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath,.... Who very probably had his spies out to watch his motions, and report to him where he was, and what he was doing:
and he sought no more again for him; by which it seems as if he would have sought after him again, had he continued in the land of Israel; but now being gone, and in an enemy's country, and having nothing to fear from him while there, he laid aside all thoughts of seeking after him.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Sought no more for him - At their meeting…
Sought no more for him - At their meeting Saul's heart was deeply wounded, and he had said, "Return, my son David, Be with me as in time past." Nor have we the least proof, that he would have sought for him again, with any other design.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) And it was told Saul.—This short statement tells…
(4) And it was told Saul.—This short statement tells us plainly that up to the moment when Saul heard that David had crossed the frontier, he had not ceased to pursue after him and to seek his life. Ewald considers that it was during the residence at Gath that David exercised himself as a musician in the Gittite—i.e., the Philistine—style, which he afterwards transferred from there to Judah and Jerusalem. (See titles of Psalms 8, 81, 84, “upon the Gittith.”) Gittith is a feminine adjective derived from Gath; the words possibly signify, “after the Gittith manner: some peculiar measure of style of Philistine music, or else the reference may be to a Philistine musical instrument.”
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