Matthew Poole on 1 Samuel (cont. x2)

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Interested in the music of the ancient Hebrews?

You will find some savory morsels here in Poole!

See also Robert Nevin's remarks in the "Comments"...

 
When "an evil spirit from the Lord" came upon Saul, what does it mean when the Bible says that Saul "prophesied"?

Poole explores...

 
"Men think the way to be feared is to hector and threaten, which makes them feared by fools only, but despised by the wise and good; whereas the way to be both feared and loved, feared by those to whom we would wish to be a terror and loved by those to whom we would wish to be a delight, is to behave ourselves wisely. Wisdom makes the face to shine and commands respect." -Matthew Henry

 
"And her dowry shall be...100 Philistine foreskins!"

Wait...what?!!

 
Surveying David's multiple escapes in 1 Samuel 19, Matthew Henry observes, "Thus God has many ways of preserving his people. Providence is never at a loss."

A comforting thought in troubled times...

 
"We must be willing to hear reason, and to take all reproofs and good advice even from our inferiors, parents from their own children. How forcible are right words!" -Matthew Henry

 
"Those that are ill paid for doing good, yet must not be weary of well doing, remembering what a bountiful benefactor our heavenly Father is, even to the froward and unthankful." -Matthew Henry

Illustrated in the relationship of David and Saul...

 
"[David, being persecuted by Saul] ran straight to Samuel...because with Samuel there was a college of prophets with whom he might join in praising God, and the pleasure of this exercise would be the greatest relief imaginable to him in his present distress. He met with little rest or satisfaction in Saul's court, and therefore went to seek it in Samuel's church." -Matthew Henry

 
"Many have great gifts and yet no grace, prophesy in Christ's name and yet are disowned by him, Matthew 7:22-23." -Matthew Henry

Now, Saul is seized by the prophetic Spirit...

 
Surveying David's multiple escapes in 1 Samuel 19 & 20, Matthew Henry observes, "Thus God has many ways of preserving his people. Providence is never at a loss."

A comforting thought in troubled times...


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"If there be those that hate and despise us, let us not be disturbed at that, for there are those also that love and respect us. God hath set the one over against the other, and so must we." -Matthew Henry

 
It seems to me that male relationships are facing ever-increasing impediments. You will have to judge for yourself...

Poole's analysis of 1 Samuel 20 (David and Jonathan) reminds us of better things...

 
The present context has done much to ruin male relationships.

Poole's analysis of 1 Samuel 20 (David and Jonathan) reminds us of better things...

 
"True friends cannot but covet to transmit to theirs after them their mutual affections." -Matthew Henry

Generational implications of covenants...

 
"It will be a kindness to ourselves and ours to secure an interest in those whom God favours and to make his friends ours." -Matthew Henry

Plus some interesting material on the Feast of the New Moon...

 
"In imminent peril present opportunities may be waived, nay, we ought not to throw ourselves into the mouth of danger." -Matthew Henry

 
"Saul seemed to be in great care (1 Samuel 20:31) than Jonathan should be established in his kingdom, and yet now he himself aims at his life. What fools, what savage beasts and worse does anger make men!" -Matthew Henry

This text is full of lessons, and the applications in the "Comments" section are worth their weight in gold!

 
"Surely these tears teach us that there is nothing degrading in sensibility. Indeed, all true greatness is tender and sympathetic. Jonathan and David, the heroes of the age, one of whom had slain a whole garrison, [1 Samuel 13:3] and the other Goliath, [1 Samuel 17:49] both wept till each exceeded. [1 Samuel 20:41] Homer, that exquisite painter of nature, considers Ulysses as excelling all men in wisdom, yet represents him as weeping three times in six lines. He describes Achilles, too, so extraordinary in courage, as weeping often and plentifully. Let not, therefore, the unfeeling pride themselves as superior in fortitude and philosophy. Feeling is the noblest distinction and ornament of humanity, and in proportion as we lose it we cease to be men. There is a moral ossification of the heart as well as a physical, and the one is as pitiable as the other. He who was fairer than the children of men, [Psalm 45:2] was often known to weep." -William Jay

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Surveying David's multiple escapes in 1 Samuel 19 & 20, Matthew Henry observes, "Thus God has many ways of preserving his people. Providence is never at a loss."

A comforting thought in troubled times...

Poole's Synopsis on 1 Samuel 19 & 20 are now available in their entirety for the first time in English!

 
"David's troubles are very particularly related in this and the following chapters...that he might be...an example to the saints in all ages, 'of suffering affliction, and of patience,' and especially that he might be a type of Christ, who, being anointed to the kingdom, humbled himself, and was therefore highly exalted." -Matthew Henry

 
Let us all take occasion to lament "the wickedness of bad times, which forces good men into such straits as prove temptations too strong for them. Oppression makes a wise man do foolishly." -Matthew Henry

 
"Abimelech would not give, nor David and his men would not eat the shewbread, but on condition that they were pure from all defilement (1 Samuel 21:4;) how much less shouldst thou presume to eat the Lord's bread, or rather the bread which is the Lord, unless thy heart be first cleansed by repentance?" -Lewis Bayly

 
As David faces new trials, the Lord returns to him the Sword of Goliath, a reminder of God's tender care in former times. Comforting!

Seasonable...

 
For the first time in English...

Poole's "Synopsis" of 1 Samuel 21 (David's flight from Saul) is now available in its entirety! free and online!


 
Study this passage (1 Sam. 22:1-5) carefully, and you will see...

Even in the midst of his own distress, David cares for others. Let us do likewise...

 
Consider 1 Samuel 22, and "see what bad constructions the most innocent actions are liable to, how unsafe those are that live under a tyrannical government." -Matthew Henry

 
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