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Yahweh forbid that I should put forth my hand against Yahweh`s anointed: but now please take the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go.
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Symbols of Stolen Royalty
Commentators explain that the items David took were not random. The spear was a symbol of Saul's royalty, essentially his scepter. The cruse of water was also a significant vessel associated with the king. Taking these items was a powerful, symbolic act that one scholar calls an "omen of the transfer of his royalty to David."
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19th Century
Anglican
The spear. —The spear was Saul’s special sign of royalty. “This taking away of the spear from Saul’s head as he slept was an omen …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed Or …
Presbyterian
How soon do unholy hearts lose the good impressions that convictions have made on them! How helpless were Saul and all his men! All were as if disa…