1 Samuel 29:1
Now, the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, not far from Shunem, in the Plain of Jezreel; AND THE ISRAELITES PITCHED BY A FOUNTAIN WHICH IS IN JEZREEL, on the northwest slope of Gilboa.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, not far from Shunem, in the Plain of Jezreel; AND THE ISRAELITES PITCHED BY A FOUNTAIN WHICH IS IN JEZREEL, on the northwest slope of Gilboa.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OBJECTIONS OF THE PHILISTINE PRINCES... [ Continue Reading ]
And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands, crossing the valley in full battle array, with their officers and princes at their head; BUT DAVID AND HIS MEN PASSED ON IN THE REARWARD WITH ACHISH, the Philistines of Gath forming the rear-guard.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? They may have remembered, from an earlier campaign, that the Israelites in their own army had turned against them and helped to destroy them, 1 Samuel 14:21, or they may have been particularly suspicious of David. AND ACHISH SAID... [ Continue Reading ]
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him, that is, the rulers of the four other city-states; AND THE PRINCES OF THE PHILISTINES SAID UNTO HIM, MAKE THIS FELLOW RETURN THAT HE MAY GO AGAIN TO HIS PLACE WHICH THOU HAST APPOINTED HIM, to Ziklag, AND LET HIM NOT GO DOWN WITH US TO BATTLE,... [ Continue Reading ]
Is not this David of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? Cf 1 Samuel 18:7; 1 Samuel 21:11. The defeat which they had suffered at the time when Goliath had been slain still rankled in their memory, and their recollection of this achie... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Achish called David and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, for he swore by the Lord of Israel, in order to emphasize the sincerity of his statement, THOU HAST BEEN UPRIGHT, AND THY GOING OUT AND THY COMING IN WITH ME IN THE HOST IS GOOD IN MY SIGHT, his entire behavior at all times had... [ Continue Reading ]
David's Return to the Land of the Philistines... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore, now, return and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.... [ Continue Reading ]
And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? And what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee, literally, "before thee," in thy presence, UNTO THIS DAY, THAT I MAY NOT GO FIGHT AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF MY LORD THE KING? This was again ambiguous, and purposely so, for David... [ Continue Reading ]
And Achish, accepting David's words as referring to himself, ANSWERED AND SAID TO DAVID, I KNOW THAT THOU ART GOOD IN MY SIGHT, AS AN ANGEL OF GOD, that was his impression and conviction, that David's behavior would have done credit to an angel; NOTWITHSTANDING THE PRINCES OF THE PHILISTINES HAVE SA... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore, now, rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants, the subjects of Saul, THAT ARE COME WITH THEE, AND AS SOON AS YE BE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND HAVE LIGHT, DEPART.... [ Continue Reading ]
So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, as soon as it was light enough to see, TO RETURN INTO THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES, to Ziklag. AND THE PHILISTINES WENT UP TO JEZREEL, advancing to attack the army of Israel. God's faithfulness in turning aside the evil results of David's f... [ Continue Reading ]