_DAVID THEREFORE DEPARTED THENCE, AND ESCAPED TO THE CAVE ADULLAM: AND WHEN HIS BRETHREN AND ALL HIS_ _ FATHER'S HOUSE HEARD IT, THEY WENT DOWN THITHER TO HIM._ David ... escaped to the cave Adullam - supposed to be that now called Deir-Dubb'an, a number of pits, or underground vaults, some nearly... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND EVERY ONE THAT WAS IN DISTRESS, AND EVERY ONE THAT WAS IN DEBT, AND EVERY ONE THAT WAS DISCONTENTED, GATHERED THEMSELVES UNTO HIM; AND HE BECAME A CAPTAIN OVER THEM: AND THERE WERE WITH HIM ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED MEN._ And every one that was in distress ... gathered themselves unto him - (see the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID WENT THENCE TO MIZPEH OF MOAB: AND HE SAID UNTO THE KING OF MOAB, LET MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER, I PRAY THEE, COME FORTH, AND BE WITH YOU, TILL I KNOW WHAT GOD WILL DO FOR ME._ And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab. Mizpeh signifies a watch-tower; and its association with Moab determines... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE BROUGHT THEM BEFORE THE KING OF MOAB: AND THEY DWELT WITH HIM ALL THE WHILE THAT DAVID WAS IN THE HOLD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PROPHET GAD SAID UNTO DAVID, ABIDE NOT IN THE HOLD; DEPART, AND GET THEE INTO THE LAND OF JUDAH. THEN DAVID DEPARTED, AND CAME INTO THE FOREST OF HARETH._ The prophet Gad ... Abide not in the hold. This sound advice no doubt came from a higher source than Gad's own sagacity. It was necessa... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN SAUL HEARD THAT DAVID WAS DISCOVERED, AND THE MEN THAT WERE WITH HIM, (NOW SAUL ABODE IN GIBEAH UNDER A TREE IN RAMAH, HAVING HIS SPEAR IN HIS HAND, AND ALL HIS SERVANTS WERE STANDING ABOUT HIM;)_ Saul abode ... under a tree in Ramah, х_ TACHAT_ (H8478) _ HAA'EESHEL_ (H815) _ BAARAAMAAH_ (H74... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAUL SAID UNTO HIS SERVANTS THAT STOOD ABOUT HIM, HEAR NOW, YE BENJAMITES; WILL THE SON OF JESSE GIVE EVERY ONE OF YOU FIELDS AND VINEYARDS, AND MAKE YOU ALL CAPTAINS OF THOUSANDS, AND CAPTAINS OF HUNDREDS;_ Saul said ... Hear now, ye Benjamites ... Saul had recently attacked the Beerothites,... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE CONSPIRED AGAINST ME, AND THERE IS NONE THAT SHEWETH ME THAT MY SON HATH MADE A LEAGUE WITH THE SON OF JESSE, AND THERE IS NONE OF YOU THAT IS SORRY FOR ME, OR SHEWETH UNTO ME THAT MY SON HATH STIRRED UP MY SERVANT AGAINST ME, TO LIE IN WAIT, AS AT THIS DAY?_ No JFB commentary... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN ANSWERED DOEG THE EDOMITE, WHICH WAS SET OVER THE SERVANTS OF SAUL, AND SAID, I SAW THE SON OF JESSE COMING TO NOB, TO AHIMELECH THE SON OF AHITUB._ Doeg ... set over the servants - Septuagint, over the mules of Saul.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE INQUIRED OF THE LORD FOR HIM, AND GAVE HIM VICTUALS, AND GAVE HIM THE SWORD OF GOLIATH THE PHILISTINE._ He inquired of the Lord for him. Some suppose that this was a malicious fiction of Doeg, to curry favour with the king; but Ahimelech seems to acknowledge the fact.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE KING SENT TO CALL AHIMELECH THE PRIEST, THE SON OF AHITUB, AND ALL HIS FATHER'S HOUSE, THE PRIESTS THAT WERE IN NOB: AND THEY CAME ALL OF THEM TO THE KING._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_DID I THEN BEGIN TO INQUIRE OF GOD FOR HIM? BE IT FAR FROM ME: LET NOT THE KING IMPUTE ANY THING UNTO HIS SERVANT, NOR TO ALL THE HOUSE OF MY FATHER: FOR THY SERVANT KNEW NOTHING OF ALL THIS, LESS OR MORE._ Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? The reply of Ahimelech implies that he had freq... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING SAID, THOU SHALT SURELY DIE, AHIMELECH, THOU, AND ALL THY FATHER'S HOUSE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING SAID UNTO THE FOOTMEN THAT STOOD ABOUT HIM, TURN, AND SLAY THE PRIESTS OF THE LORD; BECAUSE THEIR HAND ALSO IS WITH DAVID, AND BECAUSE THEY KNEW WHEN HE FLED, AND DID NOT SHEW IT TO ME. BUT THE SERVANTS OF THE KING WOULD NOT PUT FORTH THEIR HAND TO FALL UPON THE PRIESTS OF THE LORD._... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING SAID TO DOEG, TURN THOU, AND FALL UPON THE PRIESTS. AND DOEG THE EDOMITE TURNED, AND HE FELL UPON THE PRIESTS, AND SLEW ON THAT DAY FOURSCORE AND FIVE PERSONS THAT DID WEAR A LINEN EPHOD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NOB, THE CITY OF THE PRIESTS, SMOTE HE WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, CHILDREN AND SUCKLINGS, AND OXEN, AND ASSES, AND SHEEP, WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD._ Nob ... smote he with the edge of the sword. The barbarous atrocities perpetrated against this city seem to have been desi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ONE OF THE SONS OF AHIMELECH THE SON OF AHITUB, NAMED ABIATHAR, ESCAPED, AND FLED AFTER DAVID._ One of the sons of Ahimelech ... escaped. This was Abiathar, who repaired to David in the forest of Hareth, rescuing with his own life the high priests vestments (1 Samuel 23:6; 1 Samuel 23:9). On h... [ Continue Reading ]