Verse Lens · Concise explanation
1 Samuel 26:5 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 5. 5And 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.
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Quick Meaning
Shows David personally observe Saul and Abner sleeping inside the camp.
Read It With
- 1 Samuel 26:1–26:5
Verse 26:5 belongs to “A renewed Ziphite report brings Saul after David.” It shows David personally observe Saul and Abner sleeping inside the camp; detached from the full unit, that contribution can be mistaken for the unit's whole claim.
Why This Verse Appears Here
1 Samuel 26:5 belongs here because it shows David personally observe Saul and Abner sleeping inside the camp. Without that detail, the transition traced in 1 Samuel 26:1–26:5 would lose a stated action, speech, or consequence.
What Remains True
Within the flow of 1 Samuel 26:1–26:5, this verse shows David personally observe Saul and Abner sleeping inside the camp. That placement keeps the reader with the full account: Ziphites again disclose David's location, Saul arrives with three thousand chosen men, and David confirms the camp through spies and personal reconnaissance.
How It Can Shape Life
- Let 1 Samuel 26:1–26:5 control the use of 1 Samuel 26:5. This line shows David personally observe Saul and Abner sleeping inside the camp. Repeated local collaboration does not justify retaliation against a population, and renewed pursuit shows why earlier remorse was not enough to establish safety.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Samuel 26:1–26:5 — A renewed Ziphite report brings Saul after DavidSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV words, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete unit coverage.
Exact location: 1 Samuel 26:1–26:5, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Samuel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology, with the two KJV-Hebrew versification shifts stated rather than silently offset.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Sam.xml, OSIS 26:1–26:5; KJV 20:42 spans Hebrew 20:42–21:1, KJV 21:1–15 maps to Hebrew 21:2–16, KJV 23:29 maps to Hebrew 24:1, and KJV 24:1–22 maps to Hebrew 24:2–23
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: 1 Samuel
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only the translator notes actually printed for these verses, used for lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and older-English controls.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Notes, 1 Samuel PDF, printed pp. 504–543, exact tc/tn/sn entries attached to 26:1–26:5
Open source ↗