1 Samuel 26:20

18 And he said, ^a“Why does my lord thus pursue his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand?

19 Now therefore, please, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the Lord has ^astirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, ^bfor they have driven me out this day from sharing in the ^cinheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

20 So now, do not let my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord. For the king of Israel has come out to seek ^aa flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

21 Then Saul said, ^a“I have sinned. Return, my son David. For I will harm you no more, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Indeed I have played the fool and erred exceedingly.”

22 And David answered and said, “Here is the king’s spear. Let one of the young men come over and get it.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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1 Samuel 26:20

As when one doth hunt a partridge - It is worthy of remark that the Arabs, observing that partridges, being put up several times, soon become so weary as not to be able to fly; they in this manner hunt them upon the mountains, till at last they can knock them down with their clubs.

It was in this manner that Saul hunted David, coming hastily upon him, and putting him up from time to time, in hopes that he should at length, by frequent repetitions of it, be able to destroy him. See Harmer.

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