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1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 26
Saul, by the discovery of the Ziphites, cometh to Hachilah against David, 1Sa_26:1-3; who cometh with Abishai to Saul’s camp; stayeth him from killing Saul, but taketh his spear and cruse, 1Sa_26:4-12. He upbraideth Abner, 1Sa_26:16; exhorteth Saul, 1Sa_26:17-20, who acknowledgeth his sin, 1Sa_26:21-25.
Having once betrayed him before, they thought their case desperate with David; and therefore did more strenuously assist Saul in discovering him, in order to his ruin. Doth not David hide himself? he is returned to his former haunt; of which see 1Sa_23:19. This place might be convenient for him, either for its nearness to Abigail’s estate; or because he might think that Saul was mollified, and the Ziphites cautioned by the unsuccessfulness of their former attempt; or because he could from thence make good his retreat into other places, if need were.