Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Samuel 21:10
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, whose official title was Abimelech, Psalms 34, the king of Gath, in the Philistine country.
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, whose official title was Abimelech, Psalms 34, the king of Gath, in the Philistine country.
Verse 1 Samuel 21:10. _WENT TO ACHISH THE KING OF GATH._] This was the worst place to which he could have gone: it was the very city of Goliath, whom he had slain, and whose sword he now wore; and he...
ACHISH KING OF GATH - It appears from the title that Psalms 34 was composed on this occasion. (See the note there.) Nothing can give a more lively impression of the straits to which David was reduced...
6. DAVID'S VARIED EXPERIENCES CHAPTER 21 _ 1. David at Nob with Ahimelech (1 Samuel 21:1)_ 2. David's flight to Achish, King of Gath (1 Samuel 21:10) With this chapter begins the record of David's...
1 SAMUEL 21. DAVID AT NOB AND GATH. 1 Samuel 21:1 (J). From one of the ancient documents; it is not clear which of the previous sections finds its sequel here. It is often connected with 1 Samuel 19:1...
FOR FEAR OF SAUL. from the face of Saul....
David's flight to Gath 10. _and went to Achish_ In the extremity of peril, David was driven to take refuge among Saul's bitterest enemies, and offer himself as a servant to Achish (1 Samuel 21:15). He...
AND DAVID—WENT TO ACHISH, THE KING OF GATH— David, being proscribed, but without reason, and being everywhere in danger in his own country, fled, as a man in perpetual hazard of his life, to the neare...
_David At Gath._ 1 Samuel 21:10-15 10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, _Is_ not this David king o...
_AND DAVID AROSE, AND FLED THAT DAY FOR FEAR OF SAUL, AND WENT TO ACHISH THE KING OF GATH._ David ... fled that day for fear of Saul. The king's uncontrolable violence and jealousy of David, together...
THE FLIGHT OF DAVID David first of all flees to Nob, where Ahimelech supplies him with food and gives him the sword of Goliath. He next takes refuge with Achish at Gath....
FLED THAT DAY] He feared that Doeg would give information and that pursuit would begin at once. GATH] This connexion with Gath brought David some of his most faithful followers....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 21 DAVID GOES TO THE TOWN OF NOB V1 David went and visited Ahimelech the priest. He lived in the town of Nob. Ahimelech trembled when he went...
AND DAVID AROSE AND FLED· — The cause of this sudden flight was, of course, the fear of Doeg, one of Saul’s most trusted servants. Not an hour must be lost, thought David; my deadly foe will hear that...
_[1 Samuel 21:11]_ וַ יָּ֣קָם דָּוִ֔ד וַ יִּבְרַ֥ח...
CHAPTER XXVIII. _ DAVID AT NOB AND AT GATH._ 1 Samuel 21:1. WE enter here on a somewhat painful part of David's history. He is not living so near to God as before; and in consequence his course beco...
FOOD AND WEAPON: A SIDE STEP 1 Samuel 21:1 David fled to Nob, at the north of the Mount of Olives, where Ahimelech presided over the relics of the ancient sanctuary. His suspicions were removed by an...
Under such trying stress, the land itself seemed too hot to hold David, and he takes refuge in flight. The story of his period of exile, with its varied experiences, follows. His movements during this...
And David arose, and (h) fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. (h) That is, out of Saul's domain....
Achis. He is elsewhere called Achimelech. This bold step was taken by God's order, (Salien) or secret impulse, as the high priest and Doeg knew not whither David had directed his course. (Haydock) ---...
(10) В¶ And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. It is astonishing to see how the Lord's most eminent servants have been obliged to seek shelter from t...
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 elect king is now rejected. He repairs to the priest, who gives him the hallowed bread, according to the sovereign grace of God, who rises above the ordinances that are connected with blessing, wh...
AND DAVID AROSE AND FLED THAT DAY FOR FEAR OF SAUL,.... He had fled before for fear of him both from his own house, and from Naioth, 1 Samuel 19:18; but now he fled out of the land of Israel, for fear...
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. Ver. 10. _And went to Achish,_] _i.e., _ Into his country, - any whither from Saul, that _Hercules furens,_ t...
_David arose and fed to Achish_ A miserable condition, to be forced to flee to those for protection who were naturally his bitter enemies. For this was the city of Goliath whom he had slain, and whose...
[DAUID AT NOB.] 1 Dauid at Nob, obtaineth of Ahimelech hallowed bread. 7 Doeg was present. 8 Dauid taketh Goliaths sword. 10 Dauid at Gath faineth himselfe madde. 1 THEN came Dauid to Nob, to Ahi...
David came down to Nob, which was a cause of alarm to Ahimelech the priest, who asks why he had no man with him. It would seem from the history here that he had no-one identified with him, yet there m...
10-15 God's persecuted people have often found better usage from Philistines than from Israelites. David had reason to put confidence in Achish, yet he began to be afraid. His conduct was degrading, a...
A strange action; but it must be considered, 1. That Saul's rage was so great and implacable, his power also and diligence in hunting after him so great, that he despaired of escaping him any other w...
1 Samuel 21:10 David H1732 arose H6965 (H8799) fled H1272 (H8799) day H3117 before H6440 Saul H7586 went...
DAVID THE CHAMPION SLAYER IS HUMILIATED BEFORE THE KING OF GATH (1 SAMUEL 21:8). It can surely not be a coincidence that in this passage David's miserable time in Gath is preceded by a reminder of ano...
CONTENTS: David flees to Ahimelech and Achish. CHARACTERS: David, Ahimelech, Doeg, Achish. CONCLUSION: If we would but trust God aright, we would not have to resort to miserable and dishonoring devi...
1 Samuel 21:1. _Nob;_ fifteen miles west of Jerusalem, and on the road to Gath, where the wandering ark now rested. It was a little city of priests. After they were all murdered, by Saul, the ark was...
_Then came David to Nob._ ALMOST GONE It is not easy to walk with God. I. The steps of David’s declension. The first sign of what was impending was his remark to Jonathan, that there was but a step...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 21:1 David begins his life as a fugitive. He moves around from place to place, gathering a group of 400 men, which later increases to 600. Saul is single-minded in his determ...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 21:10 David apparently had the idea of serving ACHISH (INTO MY HOUSE, v. 1 Samuel 21:15) as an a
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 21:1. The position of Nob cannot now be determined, only from Isaiah 10:28, we gather that it was on the road northward between Jerusalem and Anathoth. Porter i...
DAVID'S FLIGHT TO NOB, AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE PHILISTINES (1 Samuel 21:1.). EXPOSITION DAVID'S FLIGHT TO NOB ...
So David now fled to Nob to Ahimelech who was the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why are you alone, why aren't there men with you? [You know David was a cap...
1 Kings 19:3; 1 Samuel 27:1; 1 Samuel 27:2; Jeremiah 26:21; Micah 1:14
To Achish — A strange action; but it must be considered, that Saul's rage was so great, his power also, and diligence in hunting after him that he despaired of escaping any other way: and a desperate...