The Bible — notes and cross-references in First Samuel | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 26

26:1^a Ziphites

1 Sam. 23:19; Psa. 54 title
26:2^a three

1 Sam. 24:2
26:5^a Abner

1 Sam. 14:50; 17:55; 2 Sam. 2:8
26:6^a Abishai

2 Sam. 2:18; 3:30; 16:9; 19:21; 1 Chron. 2:16
26:7^a spear

1 Sam. 26:11, 16 cf. 1 Sam. 18:10-11; 19:9-10
26:8^a delivered

1 Sam. 24:4, 18
26:9^1a anointed

1 Sam. 24:6, 10; 26:11, 16, 23; 2 Sam. 1:16

See note 1 Sam. 24:6¹.
26:12^a deep

cf. Isa. 29:10; Gen. 2:21; 15:12
26:19^a inheritance

2 Sam. 14:16; 20:19
26:19¹ driven

David considered that to remain in the good land was the greatest blessing and that to be driven out of the good land and to go to another land to serve other gods was a curse. David expected to remain in the good land and share in Jehovah’s inheritance and serve Him. His sincere trust in God and his faithful walk with God qualified him fully to enjoy the good land to a high level, even up to the kingship according to God’s heart with a kingdom that became the kingdom of God on the earth. David was one with God. He and God had only one kingdom (cf. note 2 Sam. 7:16^1a). Such a one enjoyed the good land, a type of Christ (see note Deut. 8:7¹), to the uttermost.
26:20^a flea

1 Sam. 24:14
26:23^a delivered

1 Sam. 26:8, 11