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1 Samuel 27:7

And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. It was undoubtedly weakness of faith which caused David to leave the territory of Judah, for he had expressly been told by the Prophet Gad to remain there. It happens time and again that even staunch servants of the Lord become weak under continued suffering, forgetting entirely that God's merciful power is able to keep them in all dangers. But the Lord has compassion with the weakness of His children.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 27 _ 1. David's unbelief (1 Samuel 27:1)_ 2. With Achish, King of Gath (1 Samuel 27:3) 3. His slaughter and deception 27:8-12) David became despondent. After all the gracious evidences that...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 Samuel 27:1 to 1 Samuel 28:2. DAVID AT GATH (J). Sequel to 1 Samuel 26:25 (_cf._ 1 Samuel 21:10)....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    COUNTRY. Hebrew "field". Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part) for country. App-6....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _a full year and four months_ The Sept. reading "four months" is improbable, though the Heb. might be rendered "a space of time, even four months." Ch. 1 Samuel 29:3 implies a much longer residence. ...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    David's Second Flight to Gath, 1 Samuel 27:1-12. _David Again in Gath._ 1 Samuel 27:1-7 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: _there is_ nothing better for me t...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE TIME THAT DAVID DWELT IN THE COUNTRY OF THE PHILISTINES WAS A FULL YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS._ And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines, х_ SADEH_ (H7704)] - field of the P...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID FLEES TO GATH, AND OBTAINS ZIKLAG FROM ACHISH 2. David's position now as the captain of 600 men was quite different from what it was in 1 Samuel 21:10....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 27 DAVID LIVES WITH THE *PHILISTINES V1 Then David thought, ‘I am sure that Saul will kill me one day. But I have a good idea. I will go to t...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    A FULL YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS. — Keil calls attention to the exact statement of time here as a proof of the historical character of the whole narrative. The Hebrew expression, translated “a year,” is a...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַֽ יְהִי֙ מִסְפַּ֣ר הַ יָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר ־יָשׁ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    David's sense of his danger increased until he became almost pessimistic, and he said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul." And who can wonder at, or blame him? Long and wear...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Months. Hebrew, "days and four months." The former expression denotes a year; though some would have it, that David remained "four months and a few days" in the country. He probably continued so many...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (5) And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal cit...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    But David, after all, is only a man; and immediately after this testimony that God was with him (a testimony that even Saul acknowledged), his faith fails, and he passes over into the midst of the ene...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE TIME THAT DAVID DWELT IN THE COUNTRY OF THE PHILISTINES,.... At Gath and Ziklag: WAS A FULL YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS; or "days and four months"; days being sometimes put for a year, Judges 17:10;...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. Ver. 7. _A full year and four months,_] viz., Till Saul's death, and about two years after Samuel's de...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Saul hearing Dauid to be in Gath, seeketh no more for him. 5 Dauid beggeth Ziklag of Achish. 8 Hee inuading other countreys, perswadeth Achish he fought against Iudah. 1 AND Dauid sayd in his hear...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    So soon after David's admirable moral victory in Chapter 26, it is sad to see his faith wavering in his decision "to escape to the land of the Philistines." Did he not remember his experience with Ach...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE TIME: _ Heb._ the number of days A FULL YEAR: _ Heb._ a year of days...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-7 Unbelief is a sin that easily besets even good men, when without are fightings, and within are fears; and it is a hard matter to get over them. Lord, increase our faith! We may blush to think tha...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Heb. _days and four months_; _days_ being put for a _year_; as LEVITICUS 25:29. Or, some _days and four months_, i.e. some days above four months. Or, _some days and_ (for _even_, or _that is_, the co...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 27:7 time H4557 H3117 David H1732 dwelt H3427 (H8804) country H7704 Philistines H6430 year H3117 four...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David down in the dumps. CHARACTERS: David, Schish, Ahmoan, Abigail. CONCLUSION: Unbelief is a sin that besets those who have been undergoing long trials. It is no advantage to us when we...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 27:8. _The Geshurites._ They were a branch of the Canaanites. Joshua 12:5. Another branch of this people resided beyond the Jordan. 2Sa 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:15. _The Gezrites_ are the people of G...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 27:1 David and his men finally gain some stability by serving the Philistine king Achish of Gath. David pretends to be loyal to Achish by attacking various non-Israelite peop...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 27:1. “SAUL SHALL DESPAIR,” or _“desist from me.”_ “The idea of the word is, to give a thing up as impossible or useless.” _(Erdmann.)_ 1 Samuel 27:2. “ACHISH,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    DAVID FINDS A REFUGE AT ZIKLAG (1 Samuel 27:1.). EXPOSITION DAVID AGAIN SEEKS PROTECTION AT GATH (1 Samuel 27

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now David made a negative confession in chapter twenty-seven, and if what these people are preaching today, David would've been killed by Saul. If what they say is true, "If you are what you say," if...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 29:3...

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