1 Samuel 24:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

My father

1 Samuel 18:27

2 Kings 5:13

Proverbs 15:1

Neither evil

Thou huntest

Micah 7:2

General references

Psalm 25:21

Bible References

My father

David and his men went out and killed 200 Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as full payment to the king to become his son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David as his wife.

But his servants approached and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he tells you, ‘Wash and be clean’?”

A gentle answer turns away anger,
but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

Neither evil

Then he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?

Yahweh my God, if I have done this,
if there is injustice on my hands,

They hid their net for me without cause;
they dug a pit for me without cause.

But this happened so that the statement written in their scripture might be fulfilled:

They hated Me for no reason.

Thou huntest

David then stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.

So don’t let my blood fall to the ground far from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has come out to search for a flea, like one who pursues a partridge in the mountains.”

If I am proud, You hunt me like a lion
and again display Your miraculous power against me.

Do not let a slanderer stay in the land.
Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man.

צ TsadeOur steps were closely followed
so that we could not walk in our streets.
Our end drew near; our time ran out.
Our end had come!

and say: This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the women who sew magic bands on the wrist of every hand and who make veils for the heads of people of every height in order to ensnare lives. Will you ensnare the lives of My people but preserve your own?

Godly people have vanished from the land;
there is no one upright among the people.
All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;
they hunt each other with a net.

General references

May integrity and what is right
watch over me,
for I wait for You.