SEV Biblia, Chapter 18:11
Y arrojó Saúl la lanza, diciendo: Enclavaré a David en la pared. Y dos veces se apartó de él David.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 18:11
Verse 11. Saul cast the javelin] The javelin or spear was the emblem of regal authority; kings always had it at hand, and in ancient monuments they are always represented with it. In ancient times, says Justin, kings used a spear instead of a diadem: Per ea tempora reges hastas pro diademate habebant, Hist. lib. xliii. And as spears were the emblems of supreme power, hence they were reputed as attributes of the Divinity, and were worshipped as representatives of the gods. Ab origne verum, pro DIIS immortalibus veteres HASTAS coluerent, ob cujus religionis memoriam, adhuc deorum simulachris HASTAE adduntur.- Ibid.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. And Saul cast the javelin , etc.] Out of his hand at David: for he said ; in his heart, determining in his mind: I will smite David even to the wall [with it] ; he determined to cast it with such force and violence, that it should pierce through David, and enter into the very wall, by the side of which David was: and David avoided out of his presence twice ; to escape the javelin cast at him; either he went out at the first time of its being thrown, and then came in again, when he threw it a second time at him, upon which he also withdrew; or this was one of the times, and the other some time after, of which (see 1 Samuel 19:9). Abarbinel thinks, that David, while he was playing, his eyes were so fixed upon his own hands, that he was not aware of the javelin, and turned himself from Saul without intention both times, and so escaped without knowledge of it; such was the good providence of God towards him, and which, when Saul perceived, it wrought upon him, as follows.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-11 - David's troubles not only immediately follow his triumphs, but aris from them; such is the vanity of that which seems greatest in thi world. It is a sign that the Spirit of God is departed from men, if like Saul, they are peevish, envious, suspicious, and ill-natured Compare David, with his harp in his hand, aiming to serve Saul, an Saul, with his javelin in his hand, aiming to slay David; and observ the sweetness and usefulness of God's persecuted people, and the barbarity of their persecutors. But David's safety must be ascribed to God's providence.
Original Hebrew
ויטל 2904 שׁאול 7586 את 853 החנית 2595 ויאמר 559 אכה 5221 בדוד 1732 ובקיר 7023 ויסב 5437 דוד 1732 מפניו 6440 פעמים׃ 6471
