The Meaning of 1 Samuel 26:7 Explained

1 Samuel 26:7

KJV: So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.

YLT: And David cometh -- and Abishai -- unto the people by night, and lo, Saul is lying sleeping in the path, and his spear struck into the earth at his pillow, and abner and the people are lying round about him.

Darby: And David and Abishai came to the people by night, and behold, Saul lay sleeping within the wagon-defence, and his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.

ASV: So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.

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So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.

What does 1 Samuel 26:7 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 26:1-12 - Sparing His Enemy's Life

The Ziphites' treachery served as a foil to the intrinsic nobility of David's character. God made the wrath of man to praise Him, and restrained the remainder, Psalms 76:10, so that His servant escaped as a bird out of the fowler's snare. Read here, Psalms 54:1-7.

It was a bold act for David and Abishai to thread their way between watch-fires and sentries, and talk in whispers over the prostrate body of the sleeping monarch. As David says in one of the Psalms, "By thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall." The special share attributed here to God is the deep sleep which had fallen on the camp, 1 Samuel 26:12. The Lord who put the resolve into David's mind, cooperated in its execution. We are sometimes led by a divine impulse, and God will set His seal on our act; but we should not throw ourselves into peril unless the occasion plainly requires it. We are not at liberty to cast ourselves down from the mountain, unless it is clearly God's will. In David's case, there was sufficient reason for this adventure; first, that Saul might be warned once more; and second, that the integrity of the young outlaw might be established. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 26

¹ Saul, by the discovery of the Ziphites, comes to Hachilah against David
⁴ David coming into the trench keeps Abishai from killing Saul,
¹¹ but takes his spear and jug
¹³ David reproves Abner
¹⁷ and exhorts Saul
²¹ Saul acknowledges his sin

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 26:7 mean?

So came David and Abishai to the people by night and there Saul lay sleeping within the camp and with his spear stuck in the ground - by his head and Abner and the people lay - all around him -

וַיָּבֹא֩ דָוִ֨ד וַאֲבִישַׁ֥י ׀ אֶל־ הָעָם֮ לַיְלָה֒ וְהִנֵּ֣ה שָׁא֗וּל שֹׁכֵ֤ב יָשֵׁן֙ בַּמַּעְגָּ֔ל וַחֲנִית֥וֹ מְעוּכָֽה־ בָאָ֖רֶץ [מראשתו] (מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו) וְאַבְנֵ֣ר וְהָעָ֔ם שֹׁכְבִ֖ים [סביבתו] (סְבִיבֹתָֽיו) ס

וַיָּבֹא֩	So came
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
דָוִ֨ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וַאֲבִישַׁ֥י ׀	and Abishai
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲבִישַׁי Sense: grandson of Jesse, nephew of David via his sister Zeruiah, brother of Joab.
הָעָם֮	the people
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
לַיְלָה֒	by night
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: לַיִל Sense: night.
וְהִנֵּ֣ה	and there
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection Root: הִנֵּה Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
שָׁא֗וּל	Saul
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
שֹׁכֵ֤ב	lay
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: שָׁכַב Sense: to lie down.
יָשֵׁן֙	sleeping
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: יָשֵׁן Sense: sleeping.
בַּמַּעְגָּ֔ל	within the camp
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מַעְגָּל Sense: entrenchment, track.
וַחֲנִית֥וֹ	and with his spear
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: חֲנִית Sense: spear.
מְעוּכָֽה־	stuck
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular Root: מָעַךְ Sense: to press, squeeze.
בָאָ֖רֶץ	in the ground
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.
[מראשתו]	-
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
(מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו)	by his head
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: מְרַאֲשֹׁות Sense: place at the head, dominion, head place adv.
וְאַבְנֵ֣ר	and Abner
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲבִינֵר Sense: Saul’s cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab.
וְהָעָ֔ם	and the people
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
שֹׁכְבִ֖ים	lay
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: שָׁכַב Sense: to lie down.
[סביבתו]	-
Parse: Adverb, third person masculine singular
(סְבִיבֹתָֽיו)	all around him
Parse: Adverb, third person masculine singular Root: מוּסָב Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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