He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
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Gill's Exposition
And he said unto me again, stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me,.... Which it can hardly be thought Saul would say; since he might as well have died by the hands of the uncircumcised Philistines,…
Barnes' Notes
Anguish - The Hebrew word used here occurs nowhere else, and is of doubtful meaning (compare the margin). The rabbis interpret it as a cramp or giddiness.
Here is, I. David settling again in Ziklag, his own city, after he had rescued his family and friends out of the hands of the Amalekites (Sa2 1:1): He abode in Ziklag. Thence he was now sending…
Cambridge Bible
Stand … upon me Rather, Stand by me, or, Rise up against me, and similarly in 2Sa 1:1. Saul is represented in 2Sa 1:1 as still upright, not as lying prostrate on the ground.
anguish The Heb. word…