SEV Biblia, Chapter 26:10
Dijo además David: Vive el SEÑOR, que si el SEÑOR no lo hiriere, o que su día llegue para que muera, o que descendiendo en batalla perezca,
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 26:10
Verse 10. The Lord shall smite him] He shall die by a stroke of the Divine judgment; or his day shall come to die-he shall die a natural death; which in the course of things must be before mine, and thus I shall get rid of mine enemy; or he shall descend into the battle, and perish-he shall fall by the enemies of his country. These are the three ordinary ways by which man accomplishes, as a hireling, his day. Murder David could not consider to be lawful; this would have been taking the matter out of God's hand, and this David would not do.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. And David said furthermore , etc.] In order to make Abishai easy, and prevent his doing what he proposed: [as] the Lord liveth ; which was the form of an oath, made to assure Abishai of the truth of what follows, and therefore he need not be hasty to put Saul to death, since it would not be long before he should die, in one or other of the three following ways: either the Lord shall smite him ; suddenly, which the Jews call cutting off, or death by the hand of heaven, by the immediate hand of God: or his day shall come to die ; the time appointed for him to die a natural death, of some disease common to men: or he shall descend into battle, and perish ; which was commonly reckoned death, casual or accidental, and in which last way Saul did die, ( Samuel 31:3,4).
Matthew Henry Commentary
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 thoug disarmed and chained, yet nothing is done to them; they are onl asleep. How easily can God weaken the strongest, befool the wisest, an baffle the most watchful! David still resolved to wait till God though 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.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 דוד 1732 חי 2416 יהוה 3068 כי 3588 אם 518 יהוה 3068 יגפנו 5062 או 176 יומו 3117 יבוא 935 ומת 4191 או 176 במלחמה 4421 ירד 3381 ונספה׃ 5595
