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1 Samuel 22:8

1 Samuel 22:8
That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

That all of you have conspired against me,.... For though they had not revolted from him, and been guilty of overt acts of treason, yet since they did not discover to him what he supposed they knew,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

There is none that showeth me - He conjectured that Jonathan had made a league with David to dethrone him, and he accuses them of disloyalty for not making the discovery of this unnatural treason. Now…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Samuel 22:6-19

We have seen the progress of David's troubles; now here we have the progress of Saul's wickedness. He seems to have laid aside the thoughts of all other business and to have devoted himself wholly to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

hath made a league Hath made a covenant, as in 1Sa 20:16. Saul seems to have heard what happened upon that occasion.