1 Samuel 26:16

Contextual Overview

¹³ Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain far off; a great space being between them; ¹³ David climbed the hill opposite the camp until he was at a safe distance. ¹³ Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them: ¹³ David crossed over to the other side of the hill and stood on top of the mountain far from Saul's camp. They were a long way away from each other. ¹³ Then David crossed to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a considerable distance between them. ¹³ Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off; a great space [being] between them: ¹³ Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them; ¹³Then David crossed over to the other side and stood on the top of the mountain at a distance, with a large area between them. ¹³ Then David went over to the other side and stood far off on the top of the hill, with a great space between them. ¹³ And whanne Dauid hadde passid euene ayens, and hadde stonde on the cop of the hil afer, and a greet space was bitwixe hem,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

worthy to die: Heb. the sons of death, 1 Samuel 20:31, 2 Samuel 12:5, 2 Samuel 19:28, Psalms 79:11, Psalms 102:20, *marg. Ephesians 2:3

Lord's: 1 Samuel 26:9, 1 Samuel 26:11, 1 Samuel 24:6

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 21:22 - General 1 Kings 2:26 - worthy of death Lamentations 4:20 - the anointed Matthew 26:40 - What

Cross-References

Exodus 1:9
And he said to his people, "Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.

Exodus 1:9
And he said to his people, Look, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we:

Exodus 1:9
And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

Exodus 1:9
This king said to his people, "Look! The people of Israel are too many and too strong for us to handle!

Exodus 1:9
He said to his people, "Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

Exodus 1:9
And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel [are] more and mightier than we.

Exodus 1:9
He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.

Exodus 1:9
He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are too many and too mighty for us [they greatly outnumber us].

Exodus 1:9
the puple of the sones of Israel is myche, and strongere than we;

Exodus 1:9
and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel [is] more numerous and mighty than we;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This thing [is] not good that thou hast done,.... Yea, it was very bad, a great fault, and very blameworthy, if he had neglected to set a watch over the king, whose business it was as a general; the words are expressed in a figure called "meiosis", in which less is said than was intended:

[as] the Lord liveth, ye [are] worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord's anointed; if a watch was set, and these had fallen asleep, and neglected their duty, or had deserted their post; which to do was a capital crime, and deserving of death; wherefore he does not say this of Abner, but of the watch:

and now see where the king's spear [is], and the cruse of water that [was] at his bolster; which he then held up as proofs and evidences of the truth of what be said, that one had been in the camp and had carried off these, and who could as easily have destroyed the king as to have taken these away; and as he came hither with an intent to destroy him, would have done it, had he not been prevented by David; all which likewise plainly proved the negligence of Abner, in not setting a watch about his master, or the negligence of the watch that was set.