Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
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Gill's Exposition
Moreover, my father,.... So he was in a natural sense, as having married his daughter; and in a civil sense, as he was a king, and was, or ought to have been, the father of his country, and to treat…
Barnes' Notes
My father - The respectful address of a junior and an inferior (see 2Ki 5:13, and compare 1Sa 24:16; 1Sa 25:8).
We have here David's warm and pathetic speech to Saul, wherein he endeavours to convince him that he did him a great deal of wrong in persecuting him thus and to persuade him therefore to be…
Cambridge Bible
my father The address of respect and affection. Cp. 2Ki 5:13; 2Ki 6:21.
evil The same word as that rendered "thy hurt" in 1Sa 24:24.
my soul i.e. my life.
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