1 Samuel 26 · Verse 6

1 Samuel 26:6

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.
1 Samuel 26:6, King James Version

1 Samuel 26:6 in other translations

BSBAnd David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
WEBThen 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 to the camp?” Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”
ASVThen 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.
YLTAnd David answereth and saith unto Ahimelech the Hittite, and unto Abishai son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, ‘Who doth go down with me unto Saul, unto the camp?' and Abishai saith, ‘I--I go down with thee.'
DARBYAnd David spake and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
BBEThen David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, Who will go down with me to the tents of Saul? And Abishai said, I will go down with you.
WebsterThen 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.

What does 1 Samuel 26:6 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Abishai the son of Zeruiah - She was David's sister; and therefore Abishai and Joab were nephews to David.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 26:1-12

How soon do unholy hearts lose the good impressions convictions have made upon them! How helpless were Saul and all his men! All as though disarmed and chained, yet nothing is done to them; they are only asleep. How easily can God weaken the strongest, befool the wisest, and baffle the most watchful! David still resolved to wait till God thought fit to avenge him on Saul. He will by no means force his way to the…

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1 Samuel 26:6 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּ֨עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answeredH6030
דָּוִ֜דda.VidDavidH1732
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר\׀vai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ'a.chi.Me.lekhAhimelechH288
הַחִתִּ֗יha.chi.Tithe HittiteH2850
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and toH413
אֲבִישַׁ֨י'a.vi.ShaiAbishaiH52
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
צְרוּיָ֜הtze.ru.YahZeruiahH6870
אֲחִ֤י'a.Chi[the] brother ofH251
יוֹאָב֙yo.'AvJoabH3097
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
מִֽי\־mi-who?H4310
יֵרֵ֥דye.Redwill he go downH3381
אִתִּ֛י'i.Tiwith meH854
אֶל\־'el-toH413
שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑הha.ma.cha.Nehthe campH4264
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֲבִישַׁ֔י'a.vi.ShaiAbishaiH52
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589
אֵרֵ֥ד'e.RedI will go downH3381
עִמָּֽךְ\׃'i.Makhwith youH5973

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 26:6

  • Judges 7:10-11

    But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host: And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.

  • 2 Samuel 2:18

    And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

  • 2 Samuel 11:21

    Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

  • 2 Samuel 11:24

    And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

  • 2 Samuel 18:5

    And 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 23:39

    Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

  • Genesis 10:15

    And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

  • 2 Samuel 23:18

    And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:15-16

    Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

  • 2 Samuel 16:9-10

    Then 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. And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

  • 1 Samuel 14:6-7

    And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few. And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.

  • 2 Samuel 12:9

    Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hittite.
Ge 10:15; 15:20; 2Sa 11:6,21,24; 12:9; 23:39
to Abishai.
2Sa 2:18; 16:9,10; 18:5; 23:18; 1Ch 2:16
Zeruiah.
1Ch 2:15,16
Who will go.
14:6,7; Jud 7:10,11

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 26:5

    And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.

  • 1 Samuel 26:6

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 26:7

    So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.

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1 Samuel 26:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces habló David, y requirió á Ahimelech Hetheo, y á Abisai hijo de Sarvia, hermano de Joab, diciendo: ¿Quién descenderá conmigo á Saúl al campo? Y dijo Abisai: Yo descenderé contigo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et David prit la parole, et dit à Akhimélec, le Héthien, et à Abishaï, fils de Tseruïa, frère de Joab, disant: Qui descendra avec moi vers Saül, au camp? Et Abishaï dit: Moi, je descendrai avec toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und David hob an und sprach zu Ahimelech, dem Hethiter, und zu Abisai, dem Sohne der Zeruja, dem Bruder Joabs, und sprach: Wer will mit mir zu Saul in das Lager hinabgehen? Und Abisai sprach: Ich will mit dir hinabgehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ait David ad Achimelech Hethæum, et Abisai filium Sarviæ fratrem Joab, dicens: Quis descendet mecum ad Saul in castra? Dixitque Abisai: Ego descendam tecum.