1 Samuel 26:6

1 Samuel 26:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
• New International Version (NIV)David then asked Ahimelek the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down into the camp with me to Saul?” “I’ll go with you,” said Abishai.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab's brother Abishai the son of Zeruiah, "Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then David answered, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

Context of 1 Samuel 26:6

4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty. 5And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him. Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. 7So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him. 8Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.

1 Samuel 26:6 word by word

וַיַּ֨עַן דָּוִ֜ד וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ אֶל־אֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ הַחִתִּ֗י וְאֶל־אֲבִישַׁ֨י בֶּן־צְרוּיָ֜ה אֲחִ֤י יוֹאָב֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מִֽי־יֵרֵ֥ד אִתִּ֛י אֶל־שָׁא֖וּל אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲבִישַׁ֔י אֲנִ֖י אֵרֵ֥ד עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Ahimelechאֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ'ăchîymelek · AhimelechH288
• Hittiteחִתִּיchittîy · HittiteH2850
• Abishaiאֲבִישַׁי'ăbîyshay 'abshay · AbishaiH52
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Zeruiahצְרוּיָהtserûyâh · ZeruiahH6870
• brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• Joabיוֹאָבyô'âb · JoabH3097
• goיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 26:6

• Genesis 10:15And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
• Genesis 15:20and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
• 2 Samuel 11:6And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
• 2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
• 2 Samuel 23:39Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
• 2 Samuel 2:18And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
• 2 Samuel 16:9Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
• 2 Samuel 18:5And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
• 2 Samuel 23:18And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.
• 1 Chronicles 2:16and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
• 1 Chronicles 2:15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
• 1 Samuel 14:6And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that Jehovah will work for us; for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.
• Judges 7:10But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp:

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 26:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Abishai the son of Zeruiah - She was David's sister; and therefore Abishai and Joab were nephews to David.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Ahimelech the Hittite - Only mentioned here. Uriah was also a Hittite. Abishai - He was son of Zeruiah, David‘s sister, but probably about the same age as David. He because very famous as a warrior 2 Samuel 23:18, but was implicated with his brother Joab in the murder of Abner in retaliation for the death of their brother Asahel 2 Samuel 3:30.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6This is the only reference to Ahimelech the Hittite. Zeruiah was David’s sister (1 Chronicles 2:16), making Abishai David’s nephew. Zeruiah's sons (Abishai, Joab, and Asahel) were three of David’s most loyal followers (for example, 2 Samuel 2:18). But they sometimes caused him trouble (see 2 Samuel 3:39; 16:10; 19:22).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 26:6

• Abishai
• Ahimelech
• Citizens
• Hittites
• Loyalty
• Self-Control

In the dictionaries

• David
• Joab
• Saul
• Hittite
• Paul, Saul
• Abishai
• Hittites
• Ahimelech
• Samuel, Books of
• Abishai, or Abishai

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings