What does 1 Samuel 29:2 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish."
Verse 1 Samuel 29:2. _BY HUNDREDS, AND BY THOUSANDS_] They were probably divided, as the Jewish armies, by _fifties, hundreds_, and _thousands_; each having its proper officer or captain....
THE LORDS - See Judges 3:3 note, as distinguished from ordinary “princes” 1 Samuel 29:3. The military divisions of the Philistine army were by hundreds and by thousands, like those of the Israelites 1...
8. DAVID AND ACHISH AND ZIKLAG DESTROYED AND AVENGED CHAPTER 29 _ 1. The objections of the Philistine lords (1 Samuel 29:1)_ 2. Achish dismisses David (1 Samuel 29:6) While David's enemy, Saul, hea...
1 SAMUEL 29-31., 2 SAMUEL 1:1 (J). SUBSTANTIALLY THESE SECTIONS ARE A CONTINUOUS NARRATIVE FROM THE SAME DOCUMENT. XXIX. David is Dismissed from the Philistine Army. Continues 1 Samuel 28:1 ff. As t...
LORDS. princes; verses: 1 Samuel 29:3, &c. See note on Joshua 13:3. MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14....
_And the lords_, &c. Render, NOW THE LORDS … WERE PASSING ON. The narrative now goes back to a point of time during the march of the Philistine army northwards, probably soon after the junction of the...
_David Challenged by the Lords of the Philistines._ 1 Samuel 29:1-7 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which _is_ in Jezreel. 2...
_AND THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES PASSED ON BY HUNDREDS, AND BY THOUSANDS: BUT DAVID AND HIS MEN PASSED ON IN THE REREWARD WITH ACHISH._ David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish - as t...
DAVID DISALLOWED FROM FIGHTING WITH THE PHILISTINES 1. Jezreel] the plain between Gilboa and Little Hermon....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 29 THE *PHILISTINE LEADERS REFUSE TO HAVE DAVID IN THEIR ARMY V1 The *Philistines gathered their army at the town of Aphek. The *Israelites ca...
AND THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES PASSED ON BY HUNDREDS, AND BY THOUSANDS. — The orderly advance of this great military nation is thus described. The “lords” a different term to the expression “princes...
וְ סַרְנֵ֤י פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ עֹֽבְרִ֔ים לְ מֵאֹ֖ות וְ לַ אֲלָפִ֑ים וְ דָוִ֣ד וַ אֲנָשָׁ֗יו עֹֽבְרִ֛ים...
CHAPTER XXXIII _ DAVID'S SECOND FLIGHT TO GATH._ 1 Samuel 27:1; 1 Samuel 28:1; 1 Samuel 29:1. WE are not prepared for the sad decline in the spirit of trust which is recorded in the beginning of the...
UNDER JUST SUSPICION 1 Samuel 29:1 David was in a strait! To what a plight had eighteen months of deceit brought him! He had no alternative other than to follow King Achish to battle, but it must ha...
David's sojourn with Achish resulted in his being compelled to join the Philistine army in its preparations to attack Israel. It is perfectly natural that the Philistine lords protested against this...
And the lords of the Philistines passed on by (a) hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish. (a) According to their bands, or ensigns....
_Thousands, making the troops pass in review, as the Hebrew insinuates. Their army seems to have been divided, in the same manner as that of the Israelites, each company of 10, 50, &c., having its res...
(1) В¶ Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. (2) And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by...
We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 AND 30. In chapter 29 God, in His loving-kindness, brings David out of his difficulty by means of the jealousy of the lords of the Philistines. Nevertheles...
AND THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES PASSED ON BY HUNDREDS, AND BY THOUSANDS,.... Not that there were so many lords, for there were but five of them; but these marched, some at the head of hundreds with t...
And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish. Ver. 2. _Passed on by hundreds, and by thousands._] _Lustrabrant...
_The Philistines gathered, the Israelites pitched_ Or rather, _had gathered, had pitched;_ for we are informed in the foregoing chapter that the Philistines were come to Shunen, and it is probable Dav...
1 Dauid marching with the Philistines, 3 is disalowed by their Princes. 6 Achish dismisseth him with commendations of his fidelity. 1 NOW the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek...
THE OBJECTIONS OF THE PHILISTINE PRINCES...
The events of this chapter apparently took place before Saul's visit to the witch of En-dor, for Saul was killed the day following that visit (ch.28:19), and the battle in which he was killed did not...
1-5 David waited with a secret hope that the Lord would help him out of his difficulty. But he seems to have been influenced too much by the fear of man, in consenting to attend Achish. It is hard to...
i.e. As the life-guard of Achish, as he had promised, 1 SAMUEL 28:2, Achish being, as it seems, the general of the army....
1 Samuel 29:2 lords H5633 Philistines H6430 review H5674 (H8802) hundreds H3967 thousands H505 David H1732 men H582 review H5674 (H8802) rear H314 Achish H397 the lords - 1 Samuel 29:6-7, 1 Samuel 5:...
THE PHILISTINES GATHER IN READINESS FOR THE INVASION OF ISRAEL AND REFUSE TO HAVE DAVID IN THEIR COMPANY (1 SAMUEL 29:1). This passage brings out how very much the concentration of the writer of Samue...
CONTENTS: David saved from fighting against Israel. CHARACTERS: David, Achish. CONCLUSION: God's providence orders wisely and graciously for His children even when they have sadly erred. Even the il...
1 Samuel 29:6. _As the Lord liveth._ It is very remarkable that Achish should swear by Jehovah. David, it would seem, had converted him to this confession of faith; and therefore he regarded David as...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 29:1 The story backtracks to right after 1 Samuel 28:2, partially repeating 1 Samuel 28:1. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— “Aphek.” This place must either have been situated in the plain of Jezreel or Esdraelon, or on the road thither, and therefore must not be confounded with the cities men...
DAVID'S DISMISSAL FROM THE PHILISTINE CAMP (1 Samuel 29:1.). EXPOSITION MARCH OF THE PHILISTINE ARMY (1 Samuel 29:1). 1 SAMUEL 29:1 THE PHILISTINES GATHERED, etc. The narrative, broken off for the...
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. [Which is the area of Armageddon, actually it's the whole plains of Megid...
1 Samuel 28:1; 1 Samuel 28:2; 1 Samuel 29:6; 1 Samuel 29:7; 1 Samuel 5:8; 1 Samuel 6:4; Joshua 13:3...
With Achish — As the life — guard of Achish. Achish being, as it seems, the general of the army....