1 Samuel 29

1 Samuel 29:1

Two hundred - He doubled the number required; to oblige Saul the more to the performance of his promise; and to shew his great respect and affection to Saul’s daughter.

1 Samuel 29:4

Went forth - To war against the Israelites, being provoked by their former losses, and especially by that act of David’s.

1 Samuel 29:6

Went forth - To war against the Israelites, being provoked by their former losses, and especially by that act of David’s.

1 Samuel 29:7

Went forth - To war against the Israelites, being provoked by their former losses, and especially by that act of David’s.

1 Samuel 29:8

Went forth - To war against the Israelites, being provoked by their former losses, and especially by that act of David’s.

1 Samuel 29:9

Spake good - Which he could not do without hazard to himself. Herein therefore he performed the duty of a true friend, and of a valiant man.

1 Samuel 29:11

As the Lord, &c. - And without all doubt, he intended what he said, feeling a real change in himself for the present. “God,” says Mr. Henry, “inclined the heart of Saul to hearken to the voice of Jonathan.”