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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
1 Samuel Chapter 18 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
1 Samuel Chapter 18 2 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2. Saul would let him go no more home--He was established as a permanent resident at court.
1 Samuel Chapter 18 3 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
3. Then Jonathan and David made a covenant--Such covenants of brotherhood are frequent in the East. They are ratified by certain ceremonies, and in presence of witnesses, that the persons covenanting will be sworn brothers for life.
1 Samuel Chapter 18 4 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
4. Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David--To receive any part of the dress which had been worn by a sovereign, or his eldest son and heir, is deemed, in the East, the highest honor which can be conferred on a subject (see on
Es 6:8).
The girdle, being connected with the sword and the bow, may be considered as being part of the military dress, and great value is attached to it in the East.
1 Samuel Chapter 18 5 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
1Sa 18:5-9.
SAUL ENVIES HIS PRAISE.
1 Samuel Chapter 18 6 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
6. the women came out of all cities of Israel--in the homeward march from the pursuit of the Philistines. This is a characteristic trait of Oriental manners. On the return of friends long absent, and particularly on the return of a victorious army, bands of women and children issue from the towns and villages, to form a triumphal procession, to celebrate the victory, and, as they go along, to gratify the soldiers with dancing, instrumental music, and extempore songs, in honor of the generals who have earned the highest distinction by feats of gallantry. The Hebrew women, therefore, were merely paying the customary gratulations to David as the deliverer of their country, but they committed a great indiscretion by praising a subject at the expense of their sovereign.
1 Samuel Chapter 18 9 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
9. Saul eyed David--that is, invidiously, with secret and malignant hatred.
1 Samuel Chapter 18 10 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
1Sa 18:10-12.
SEEKS TO KILL HIM.
10. on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul--This rankling thought brought on a sudden paroxysm of his mental malady.
he prophesied--The term denotes one under the influence either of a good or a bad spirit. In the present it is used to express that Saul was in a frenzy. David, perceiving the symptoms, hastened, by the soothing strains of his harp, to allay the stormy agitation of the royal mind. But before its mollifying influence could be felt, Saul hurled a javelin at the head of the young musician.
there was a javelin in Saul's hand--Had it been followed by a fatal result, the deed would have been considered the act of an irresponsible maniac. It was repeated more than once ineffectually, and Saul became impressed with a dread of David as under the special protection of Providence.
1Sa 18:1-4.
JONATHAN LOVES DAVID.
1. the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David--They were nearly of an age. The prince had taken little interest in David as a minstrel; but his heroism and modest, manly bearing, his piety and high endowments, kindled the flame not of admiration only, but of affection, in the congenial mind of Jonathan.