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1 Samuel 19:24 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 19 · verse 24
And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?1 Samuel 19:24 · King James Version
1 Samuel 19:24 in context
22Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
23And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
24And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- prophesiednâbâʼto prophesyH5012 →
- clothesbegeda coveringH899 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- SamuelShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three IsraelitesH8050 →
- nakedʻârôwmnude, either partially or totallyH6174 →
- nightlayilproperly, a twistH3915 →
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Here is, I. David's place of refuge. Having got away in the night from his own house, he fled not to Bethlehem to his relations, nor to any of the cities of Israel that had caressed and cried him up, to make an interest in them for his own preservation;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-24