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Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill you; but [my eye] spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh`s anointed.
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Respect for God's Anointed
David's explicit reason for sparing Saul was his profound respect for the king's divine appointment: "I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed." Commentators emphasize that David's actions were rooted in his reverence for God's choice, providing a powerful model for respecting God-ordained authority, even when the person in that position is acting unjustly.
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19th Century
Anglican
Your eyes have seen. —David and a crowd of armed men around him were standing at the entrance of the cave which King Saul had just…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, this day your eyes have seen Or may see; there is full proof and evidence of it, and which will be presently show…
Presbyterian
David was falsely charged with seeking to harm Saul; he shows Saul that God's providence had given him an opportunity to do it. And it was based on…
