Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
David sent messengers unto - Jabesh-gilead - This was a generous and noble act, highly indicative of the grandeur of David' s mind. He respected Saul as his once legitimate sovereign; he loved Jonathan as his most intimate friend. The former had greatly injured him, and sought his destruction; but even this did not cancel his respect for him, as the anointed of God, and as the king of Israel. This brings to my remembrance that fine speech of Saurin, when speaking of the banishment of the Protestants from France by the revocation of the edict of Nantes. He thus at the Hague apostrophizes Louis XIV., their persecutor: Et toi, prince redoubtable, que j' honorai jadis comme mon roi, et que je respecte encore comme le fleau do Seigneur . "And thou, O formidable prince, whom I once honored as my king, and whom I still reverence as the scourge of the Lord!"
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Genesis 32:1
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