Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Sa1 19:1, Jonathan discloses his father's purpose to kill David; Sa1 19:4, He persuades his father to reconciliation; Sa1 19:8, By reason of David's good success in a new war, Saul's malicious rage breaks out against him; Sa1 19:12, Michal deceives her father with an image in David's bed; Sa1 19:18, David comes to Samuel in Naioth; Sa1 19:20, Saul's messengers sent to take David, Sa1 19:22, and Saul himself, prophesy.
And Saul: Saul's enmity now burst forth, in the avowed purpose of putting David to death; and nothing less than the especial interposition of Providence could have saved David's life, when every officer about the king's person, and every soldier, had positive orders to dispatch him. Sa1 18:8, Sa1 18:9; Pro 27:4; Ecc 9:3; Jer 9:3; Ti2 3:13
delighted: Sa1 18:1-3; Psa 16:3; Joh 15:17-19; Jo1 3:12-14
Jonathan: Sa1 20:2; Pro 17:17; Act 9:24, Act 23:16
what I see: Sa1 20:9, Sa1 20:13
spake good: Sa1 20:32, Sa1 22:14; Pro 24:11, Pro 24:12, Pro 31:8, Pro 31:9; Jer 18:20
sin against: Sa1 2:25; Gen 9:6, Gen 42:22; Ch2 6:22; Co1 8:12; Jo1 3:15
because his works: Psa 35:12, Psa 109:4, Psa 109:5; Pro 17:13; Jer 18:20
put his life: Sa1 28:21; Jdg 9:17, Jdg 12:3; Psa 119:109; Act 20:24; Phi 2:30
slew: Sa1 17:49-51
wrought: Sa1 11:13, Sa1 14:45, Sa1 17:52, Sa1 17:53; Exo 14:13; Ch1 11:14; Heb 2:3
sin against innocent: Sa1 20:32; Jer 26:15; Mat 27:4, Mat 27:24
without a cause: Psa 25:3, Psa 69:4; Joh 15:25
sware: Sa1 14:39, Sa1 28:10; Psa 15:4; Pro 26:24, Pro 26:25; Jer 5:2
he shall not: Sa1 19:10, Sa1 19:11
in times past: Heb. yesterday, third day, Sa1 16:21, Sa1 18:2, Sa1 18:10, Sa1 18:13; Gen 31:2; Exo 4:10; Ch1 11:2; Isa 30:33 *marg.
David: Psa. 18:32-50, Psa 27:3
him: Heb. his face
Sa1 16:14, Sa1 18:10, Sa1 18:11
sought: Sa1 19:6; Hos 6:4; Mat 12:43-45; Luk 11:24-26; Pe2 2:20-22
he slipped: Sa1 20:33; Job 5:14, Job 5:15; Psa 18:17, Psa 34:19; Pro 21:30; Isa 54:17; Luk 4:30; Joh 10:39
and escaped: Psa 124:7; Mat 10:23
sent messengers: Psa 59:1 *title Psa 59:3, Psa 59:4, Psa 59:6, Psa 59:15, Psa 59:16
to watch him: Jdg 16:2
Michal: Psa 34:19
let David: Jos 2:15; Act 9:24, Act 9:25; Co2 11:32, Co2 11:33
an image: Heb. teraphim, Gen 31:19 *marg. Jdg 17:5, Jdg 18:14, Jdg 18:17; Hos 3:4
a pillow: Rather, "the net-work of goat's hair at its (the Teraphim's) pillow;" for the kevir, (whence the Chaldee and Syriac kavreetho, a honey-comb, from its net-like form), seems to have been a kind of mosquito-net, which, says Dr. Shaw, is "a close curtain of gauze, used all over the East, by people of fashion, to keep out the flies." That they had such anciently cannot be doubted. Thus when Judith had beheaded Holofernes in his bed (Sa1 13:9, Sa1 13:15) "she pulled down the canopy (or the mosquito net, το κωνωπειου, from κωνωψ, a gnat, or mosquito, whence our word canopy) wherein he did lie in his drunkenness, from the pillars.
she said: Jos 2:5; Sa2 16:17-19, Sa2 17:20
Bring him: The eastern beds consist merely of two thick cotton quilts, one of which, folded double, serves as a mattress, the other as a covering. Such seems to have been the bed of David, which could easily have been carried, with himself in it, to the presence of Saul. Sa1 19:6; Job 31:31; Psa 37:12; Pro 27:3, Pro 27:4; Rom 3:15
And when: It is highly probable that David, when supposed to be sick, was thought to be hid in the harem or chamber of Michal. "The harems," says Deut. Lam. Motraye, "are sanctuaries, as sacred and inviolable, for persons pursed by justice for any crime, debt, etc., as the Roman Catholic churches in Italy, Spain, Portugal, etc." Thus we find, that to effect his purpose, Saul sent messengers to Michal, but they treated her harem with too much respect to enter it at first; but being authorised by Saul, they entered even into her chamber; and during the delay occasioned by respect for the privacy of Michal, David escaped. Sa1 19:16
Why hast: Sa1 22:17, Sa1 28:12; Mat 2:16
mine enemy: Kg1 21:20; Gal 4:16
And Michal: Sa2 17:20
He said: Sa1 19:14; Exo 1:17-19
why should: Sa2 2:22
to Samuel: Sa1 7:17, Sa1 15:34, Sa1 28:3; Psa 116:11; Jam 5:16
Sa1 22:9, Sa1 22:10, Sa1 23:19, Sa1 26:1; Pro 29:12
sent messengers: Sa1 19:11, Sa1 19:14; Joh 7:32, Joh 7:45
when they: Sa1 10:5, Sa1 10:6, Sa1 10:10; Num 11:25, Num 11:26; Joe 2:28; Joh 7:32, Joh 7:45, Joh 7:46-52; Co1 14:3, Co1 14:24, Co1 14:25
sent messengers: Kg2 1:9-13; Pro 27:22; Jer 13:23
prophesied also: Joe 2:28
the Spirit: Sa1 19:20, Sa1 10:10; Num 23:5, Num 24:2; Mat 7:22; Joh 11:51; Co1 13:2
until he came: Pro 16:9, Pro 21:1
stripped: Sa2 6:14, Sa2 6:20; Isa 20:2; Mic 1:8
lay: Heb. fell, Num 24:4
Is Saul: Sa1 10:10-12; Act 9:21