1 Samuel 26:4

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.

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WEBBE

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.

BSB

David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.

KJV

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.

ASV

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.

BBE

And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.

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וַיִּשְׁלַח vai·yish·lach and he sent H7971 דָּוִד da·vid David H1732 מְרַגְּלִים me·ra·ge·lim spies H7270 וַיֵּדַע vai·ye·da' and he knew H3045 כִּי־ ki- that H3588 בָא va' he had come H935 שָׁאוּל sha·'ul Saul H7586 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 נָכוֹן na·khon a certain [thing] H3559

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–12

How soon do unholy hearts lose the good impressions convictions have made upon them! How helpless were Saul and all his men! All as though disarmed and chained, yet nothing is done to them; they are only asleep. How easily can God weaken the strongest, befool the wisest, and baffle the most watchful! David still resolved to wait till God thought fit to avenge him on Saul. He will by no means force his way to the promised crown by any wrong methods. The temptation was very strong; but if he yielded, he would sin against God, therefore he resisted the temptation, and trusted God with the event.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.