1 Samuel 30:21

_AND DAVID CAME TO THE TWO HUNDRED MEN, WHICH WERE SO FAINT THAT THEY COULD NOT FOLLOW DAVID, WHOM THEY HAD MADE ALSO TO ABIDE AT THE BROOK BESOR: AND THEY WENT FORTH TO MEET DAVID, AND TO MEET THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM: AND WHEN DAVID CAME NEAR TO THE PEOPLE, HE SALUTED THEM._ David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint ... This unexpected accession of spoil was nearly proving an occasion of quarrel, through the selfish cupidity of some of his followers, and serious consequences might have ensued had they not been prevented by the prudence of the leader, who enacted as a standing ordinance the equitable rule that all the soldiers should share alike (see the notes at Numbers 31:11; Numbers 31:27)....

21-31 What God gives us, he designs we should do good with. In distributing the spoil, David was just and kind. Those are men of Belial indeed, who delight in putting hardships upon their brethren, and care not who is starved, so that they may be fed to the full. David was generous and kind to all his friends. Those who consider the Lord as the Giver of their abundance, will dispose of it with fairness and liberality....

DAVID RESCUES HIS WIVES FROM THE AMALEKITES (1 Samuel 30:1). EXPOSITION DAVID UPON HIS RETURN FINDS ZIKLAG BURNT BY THE AMALEKITES (1 Samuel 30:1). 1 SAMUEL 30:1 ON THE THIRD DAY. David evidently could not have gone with the Philistines As far as to Shunem; for, as noticed in the previous chapter, it would have been impossible to march back to Ziklag in so short a time

AND DAVID CAME TO THE TWO HUNDRED MEN,.... Left at the brook Besor: WHO WERE SO FAINT THAT THEY COULD NOT FOLLOW DAVID; or, as the Targum, were restrained from going over after him; either through faintness of spirits, and weakness of body, or through the order of David that they should not follow him; and which seems to receive some countenance from what follows: WHOM THEY HAD MADE ALSO TO ABIDE AT THE BROOK BESOR; to guard the passage there, and to tarry by and keep the stuff: AND THEY WENT FORTH TO MEET DAVID, AND TO MEET THE PEOPLE THAT [WERE] WITH HIM; to congratulate them upon the victory they had obtained, and to see and receive their wives and children, and what portion of the spoil might be divided to them: AND WHEN DAVID CAME NEAR TO THE PEOPLE, HE SALUTED THEM; asked them of their welfare, whether they were in better health, and recovered of their faintness and weakness, a...

CHAPTER 30 _ 1. The Amalekites destroy Ziklag (1 Samuel 30:1)_ 2. David's distress and return unto the Lord (1 Samuel 30:6) 3. David pursues the Amalekites (1 Samuel 30:9) 4. The young Egyptian and the defeat of the enemy (1 Samuel 30:11) 5. The threatening dissension and David's decision (1 Samuel 30:21) 6. The spoil sent to Judah (1 Samuel 30:26) The chastening hand of the Lord now rests heav

1 SAMUEL 30. AMALEKITE RAID ON ZIKLAG._ Cf._ above. 1 SAMUEL 30:1. On reaching Ziklag, David found that the Amalekites had sacked the town and carried off the families and property of himself and his followers. Apparently he had taken his whole force to Achish, leaving Ziklag without any adequate garrison. 1 SAMUEL 30:7. Encouraged by an oracle from Yahweh, David went in pursuit, probably southwards, overtook the raiders, annihilated them all but 400, and recovered the captives and the spoil. 1 SAMUEL 30:14. CHERETHITES: a tribe in the South or Negeb (_cf._ 1 Samuel 27:10), pr

HE SALUTED THEM. Septuagint reads "they inquired of his welfare"....

_David's Goodwill Toward Judah._ 1 Samuel 30:21-31 21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that _were_ with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. 22 Then answered all the wicked men and _men_ of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them _aught_ of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead _them_ away, and depart, 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. 24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but

THE AMALEKITES RAID ZIKLAG, AND ARE PURSUED BY DAVID 2. Slew not any] They would be valuable as slaves....

ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 30 DAVID FIGHTS THE *AMALEKITES V1 David and his men arrived at Ziklag three days later. The *Amalekites had attacked the southern part of the country of *Judah. They had also attacked Ziklag and burned it. V2 They took women and everyone else who was young and old. They took them away but did not kill anyone. V3 David and his men arrived at Ziklag. They saw that the *Amalekites had burnt the town. They saw that they had destroyed it. The *Amalekites had also taken the men’s wives, sons and daughters. V4 David and his men cried aloud. They kept crying until they were too weak to cry any more. V5 David had two wives. One