C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 26:12
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1 Samuel26:12
1Sa 26:12
They departed with these trophies, without any one waking up and seeing them, because they were all asleep, as a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them. שׁאוּל מראשׁתי stands for שׁ ממראשׁתי, “from the head of Saul,” with מ dropped. The expression “a deep sleep of Jehovah,” i.e., a deep sleep sent or inflicted by Jehovah, points to the fact that the Lord favoured David’s enterprise.
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