Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 26:19

19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me , let him accept an offering : but if they be the children of men , cursed be they before the LORD: for they have [illegible: 1 word] me out this day from abiding in the in [illegible: 1+ letters]eritance of the LORD , saying, Go, serve other gods .

If the Lord hath by the evil Spirit which he hath sent, or by his secret Providence, directed thy Rage against me for the Punishment of thine, or my Sins.

Let us offer up a Sacrifice to God to appease his Wrath against us.

Who by their crafty insinuations, and calumnies, have incensed thee against me. He sheweth his Prudence, and Revere[illegible: 1+ letters]ce, and Meekness; that he Accuseth not the King, but translateth the fault wholly upon his Evil Ministers; as the Israelites do in like Case, Exod. 5. 16.

From the Land which God hath given to his People for their Inheritance, and where he hath Established his Presence, and Worship.

This was the Language of their Actions. For by driving him from Gods Land, and the place of his Worship, into Foreign and Idolatrous Lands, they exposed him to the peril of being either ensnared by their Counsels, or Examples; or forced by their threats and power to worship Idols.

Marginal references: Heb. smell▪; Heb. cleaving.