John Gill Commentary 1 Samuel 26:6

"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." — 1 Samuel 26:6 (ASV)

Then answered David
Or addressed himself to the two following persons:

and said to Ahimelech the Hittite ;
who was either an Hittite by birth, but was become a proselyte, or he was an Israelite that had dwelt among the Hittites, and so had this name given him; the former seems most probable; some say ^F11 this was Uriah the Hittite:

and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab ;
Zeruiah was the sister of David, (1 Chronicles 2:15 1 Chronicles 2:16) ; and these were two sons of hers, who very probably joined David at the cave of Adullam, (1 Samuel 22:1) ;

saying, who will go down with me to Saul to the camp ?
that is, which of you two?

and Abishai said, I will go down with you ;
the other being timorous, or Abishai being most forward spoke first.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F11: Hieron. Trad. Heb. in lib. Reg. fol. 76. M.