1st Samuel Chapter 26 verse 11 Holy Bible
Jehovah forbid that I should put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed: but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
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Never will my hand be stretched out against the man marked with the holy oil; but take the spear which is by his head and the vessel of water, and let us go.
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Jehovah forbid that I should stretch forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed! But now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
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The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
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The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth my hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
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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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far be it from me, by Jehovah, from putting forth my hand against the anointed of Jehovah; and, now, take, I pray thee, the spear which `is' at his pillow, and the cruse of water, and we go away.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) The spear.--The spear was Saul's especial sign of royalty. "This taking away of the spear from Saul's head as he slept was an omen of the transfer of his royalty to David."--Bishop Patrick, quoted by Wordsworth.And the cruse of water.--"A very ancient usage explains why the cruse of water is here brought into such special prominence. According to this custom, some high dignitary always had in keeping a costly ewer for the king's necessary ablutions, and it was specially his duty to take it with him, and present it to the king during campaigns or other journeys, so that its disappearance would involve almost as great a disgrace to the king as the loss of his sceptre" (Ewald, in reference to Psalm 60:8, states his belief that this custom existed in the time of David).--Ewald, History of Israel, "David," ii. 3 (Note). The same scholar also writes that "there are many other instances of similar stories, in which the future conqueror and founder of a new dynasty is represented as having received at first some symbol of royalty from his predecessors by accident, as it were, or in sport. Thus Alexander at first takes the royal divining cup from Dara as if in sport: a story which in the Shahnameh no longer appears in its original light; and in nothing was the belief in omens so strong as in the high affairs of state."--"David," ii. 3 (Note).Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewBut the LORDמֵֽיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelforbidחָלִ֤ילָה (ḥā·lî·lāh)Interjection | third person feminine singularStrong's 2486: For, a profaned thing, far be it!that Iלִּי֙ (lî)Preposition | first person common singularStrong's Hebrew should stretch outמִשְּׁלֹ֥חַ (miš·šə·lō·aḥ)Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 7971: To send away, for, outmy handיָדִ֖י (yā·ḏî)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 3027: A handagainst the LORD’sיְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelanointed.בִּמְשִׁ֣יחַ (bim·šî·aḥ)Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine singular constructStrong's 4899: Anointed, a consecrated person, the MessiahInstead,וְ֠עַתָּה (wə·‘at·tāh)Conjunctive waw | AdverbStrong's 6258: At this timetakeקַח־ (qaḥ-)Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularStrong's 3947: To takethe spearהַחֲנִ֜ית (ha·ḥă·nîṯ)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 2595: A lanceand waterהַמַּ֖יִם (ham·ma·yim)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semenjugצַפַּ֥חַת (ṣap·pa·ḥaṯ)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 6835: A jar, jugby his head,מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו (mə·ra·’ă·šō·ṯāw)Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 4763: A place at the head, head placeand let us go.”וְנֵ֥לֲכָה (wə·nê·lă·ḵāh)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common pluralStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkJump to PreviousAnointed Bolster Cruse Hand Head Holy Jar Jehovah's Jug LORD's Marked Please Spear Stretch Stretched Vessel Water
