1 Samuel 26:13

So David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off, and there was a good distance between them.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:

In Context

12So David took the spear, and the pitcher of water from his bolster, and they went home: and there was no one that saw, and no one that knew, and there was no one that awoke, all being asleep, for a stupor from the Lord had fallen upon them.

14And David called to the people, and spoke to Abner, saying, Wilt thou not answer, Abner? and Abner answered and said, Who art thou that callest?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:8So David persuaded his men by his words, and did not suffer them to arise and slay Saul: and Saul arose and went his way.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 26:7-13

David Spares Saul's Life. ( b. c. 1056.) 6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. 7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. 8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine… Read the whole commentary →

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