Day. It was distant from Aphec about 90 miles. --- Smitten, yet without killing any. (Calmet) --- We may adore a merciful Providence, which prevented these barbarians from treating David's men as he had treated theirs, chap. xxvii. 11. (Salien, the year before Christ 1074.) --- He would allow them to burn the city, &c., that David might be roused to execute the divine vengeance upon them. (Theodoret)
CHAPTER XXX _While David is absent with the army of Achish, the Amalekites_ _invade Ziklag, and burn it with fire, and carry away captive_ _David's wives, and those of his men_, 1, 2. _David and h...
ON THE THIRD DAY - This indicates that Aphek was three days’ march from Ziklag, say about 50 miles, which agrees very well with the probable situation of Aphek (1 Samuel 4:1 note). From Ziklag to Shun...
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
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 hi...
MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. THE SOUTH. the _Negeb._ The hill-country S. of Judah. BURNED. burned up. See App-43....
1 Samuel 30:1-6. Sack of Ziklag in David's absence 1. _on the third day_ After leaving the Philistine army. Evidently he had not accompanied them far beyond the frontier. See note on 1 Samuel 29:2. _...
THE AMALEKITES HAD INVADED THE SOUTH— These Amalekites appear to have been clans of straggling freebooters, who rambled from place to place, and were common enemies of mankind; like the Arabian _Horde...
David's Return to Ziklag, 1 Samuel 30:1-31. _David's Camp Looted._ 1 Samuel 30:1-6 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded th...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN DAVID AND HIS MEN WERE COME TO ZIKLAG ON THE THIRD DAY, THAT THE AMALEKITES HAD INVADED THE SOUTH, AND ZIKLAG, AND SMITTEN ZIKLAG, AND BURNED IT WITH FIRE;_ The Amalekites...
30:1 south, (b-27) The _ Negeb_ . so ver. 14. See Joshua 10:40 ....
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 th...
ON THE THIRD DAY — That is, on the third day after King Achish, in consequence of the remonstrances of the Philistine chieftains, had dismissed David and his contingent from the ranks of the Philistin...
וַ יְהִ֞י בְּ בֹ֨א דָוִ֧ד וַ אֲנָשָׁ֛יו
CHAPTER XXXV. _ DAVID AT ZIKLAG._ 1 Samuel 30:1. AFTER David had received from King Achish the appointment of captain of his body guard, he had with his troops accompanied the Philistine army, passi...
A BLOW THAT LED BACK TO GOD 1 Samuel 30:1 As David was leaving the battlefield, a number of men of Manasseh fell to him, 1 Chronicles 12:20, so his following was greatly increased. It was as if God h...
Being thus delivered, David returned to Ziklag. In his absence it had been sacked by the Amalekites. Immediately the true spirit of patriotic heroism was stirred within him, and he moved with rapid de...
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on (a) the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and (b) smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; (a) After...
(1) В¶ And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; (2) And had...
CONTENTS This Chapter becomes very interesting in its contents, for it relates to a period in the life of David, both important, as it proved to him, and instructive to God's people. During the absenc...
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 IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN DAVID AND HIS MEN WERE COME TO ZIKLAG, ON THE THIRD DAY,.... Either from their departure from thence, when they went out with Achish, or rather from the time of their leaving...
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; Ver. 1. _Were com...
_The Amalekites had invaded the south_ Namely, the southern part of Judah, and the adjacent country. This, probably, they had done to revenge themselves for David's invading their country, mentioned 1...
1 The Amalekites spoile Ziklag. 4 Dauid asking counsell, is encouraged by God to pursue them. 11 By the meanes of a reuiued Egyptian, he is brought to the enemies, and recouereth all the spoile. 22...
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, after leaving the army of Achish in this Plain of Jezreel, THAT THE AMALEKITES, evidently as a reprisal for David's ra...
David's Return to Ziklag...
Returning to Ziklag, David and his men find themselves described by the meaning of Zikiag's name, "enveloped in grief." They had been at least some days away, and the Amalekites had invaded the land,...
1-6 When we go abroad in the way of our duty, we may comfortably hope that God will take care of our families in our absence, but not otherwise. If, when we come off a journey, we find our abode in p...
1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 30 The Amalekites in David's absence spoil Ziklag, and carry away the people and his two wives captives, 1 SAMUEL 30:1. David asking counsel is encouraged by God to pursue them, 1 SAM...
1 Samuel 30:1 David H1732 men H582 came H935 (H8800) Ziklag H6860 third H7992 day H3117 Amalekites H6003 invaded...
CONTENTS: David avenges the destruction of Ziglag. CHARACTERS: God, David, Abiathar, an Egyptian. CONCLUSION: When we go abroad to tarry for a while with the enemies of God's people, we may expect t...
1 Samuel 30:7. _Abiathar brought the ephod._ None but the priest could wear this, and as the highpriest could not consult the oracle without the knowledge of his sovereign, Abiathar wore the ephod, an...
_When David and his men were come to Ziklag._ DAVID IN THREE SITUATIONS at Ziklag in his distress, on his way to the Amalekites, and among the Amalekites. I. David in his distress. See in it the fr...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 30:1 THE THIRD DAY. It was about 50 miles (81 km) from Aphek to Ziklag. The Amalekites surely knew that the bulk of the armies of Philistia and Judah had gone to battle in th...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 30:1. “THE SOUTH,” or the _Negeb_, the south country, so called by the Israelites as being the southern part of Palentine. 1 Samuel 30:2. “THEY SLEW NOT ANY.”...
DAVID RESCUES HIS WIVES FROM THE AMALEKITES (1 Samuel 30:1). EXPOSITION DAVID UPON HIS RETURN FINDS ZIKLAG BURNT BY T
And when they got back to Ziklag they found that the Amalekites had invaded the land (1 Samuel 30:1); Now here's something quite interesting. The Amalekites were the ones that God ordered utterly exte...
1 Samuel 15:7; 1 Samuel 27:8; 1 Samuel 29:11; 2 Samuel 1:2; Genesi
The south — Namely, the southern part of Judah, and the adjacent parts....