1 Samuel 24:19

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17 ^aThen he said to David: “You are ^bmore righteous than I; for ^cyou have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil.

18 And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me; for when ^athe Lord delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.

19 For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him get away safely? Therefore may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.

20 And now ^aI know indeed that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.

21 ^aTherefore swear now to me by the Lord ^bthat you will not cut off my descendants after me, and that you will not destroy my name from my father’s house.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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1 Samuel 24:19

If a man find his enemy , will he let him go well away ? - Or rather, Will he send him in a good way? But Houbigant translates the whole clause thus: Si quis, inimicum suum reperiens, dimittit eum in viam bonam, redditur ei adomino sua merces ; "If a man, finding his enemy, send him by a good way, the Lord will give him his reward." The words which are here put in italic, are not in the Hebrew text, but they are found, at least in the sense, in the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic, and seem necessary to complete the sense; therefore, adds Saul, the Lord will reward thee good for what thou hast done unto me.

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