While recognizing that David might have had good reasons to celebrate the death of Saul, Anglican priest and exegete John Mayer (1583-1664) argues that his mourning was not feigned. Instead, in David’s sorrow, he finds a true and moving prefiguration of Christ’s command to love one’s enemies. David Foreshadows Christ’s Command to Love Our Enemies…

Our word “hypocrite” comes from a Greek word that meant “actor,” that is, one who wore a mask and pretended to be other than they were. Contrasting Saul’s repentance to that of David in 2 Sam 12:13, Anglican preacher and expositor Andrew Willet (1562–1621) criticizes Saul’s confession, believing it to be that of a hypocrite:…