And David took all the flocks and the herds, those captured from the Amalekites in addition to the recovered property of the raided territory, which they drave before those other cattle, at the head of David's little band, and said, This is David's spoil. If matters are only begun with the Lord, then He will give His blessing and success in due season.
Verse 1 Samuel 30:20. _AND DAVID TOOK ALL THE FLOCKS_] He and his men not only recovered all their own property, but they recovered all the spoil which these Amalekites had taken from the south of Jud...
The meaning is, “and David took all the sheep and oxen which the Amalekites drove” (i. e. had in their possession) “before that acquisition of cattle” (namely, before what they took in their raid to t...
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...
DRAVE. drave in triumph. CATTLE. spoils. Hebrew acquisition, or substance....
This verse as it stands admits of no satisfactory explanation. It is best to follow the Vulgate, with which the Sept. in the main agrees, and read, AND HE TOOK ALL THE FLOCKS AND THE HERDS, AND DRAVE...
The pursuit 7. _bring me hither the ephod_ He desired to consult God by means of the Urim and Thummim, as before at Keilah (1 Samuel 23:9)....
AND DAVID TOOK ALL THE STOCKS AND THE HERDS, &C.— To crown his success, David and his men not only recovered every man his wife and children, and every thing they had lost; but all the plunder which t...
_David's Pursuit of His Enemies._ 1 Samuel 30:7-20 7 And David said _to_ Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David....
_AND DAVID RECOVERED ALL THAT THE AMALEKITES HAD CARRIED AWAY: AND DAVID RESCUED HIS TWO WIVES._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE AMALEKITES RAID ZIKLAG, AND ARE PURSUED BY DAVID 2. Slew not any] They would be valuable as slaves....
The LXX has no word corresponding to 'David': 'and they took all the sheep and oxen (i.e. those belonging to the Amalekites) and drave them before the other cattle (i.e. those belonging to David's fol...
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...
THE FLOCKS AND THE HERDS, WHICH THEY DRAVE. — In the English translation the word “which,” inserted in italics, obscures the sense; the literal reading is, “And David took all the flocks and the herds...
וַ יִּקַּ֣ח דָּוִ֔ד אֶת ־כָּל ־הַ צֹּ֖אן
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...
SHARING THE SPOIL 1 Samuel 30:16 He that lays hold on God's strength will be courteous in his behavior to the weak and weary, and will not quail before the clamor of men of Belial. Thus we are not su...
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 David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drave before those [other] cattle, and said, This [is] David's (k) spoil. (k) Which the Amalekites had taken from others, and David from them...
_And made. Hebrew, " which they drove before those things ( or cattle," taken from the Amalecites. Haydock) "which were separated from those which David had recovered." Each one reclaimed what he had...
(16) And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the P...
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 DAVID TOOK ALL THE FLOCKS, AND THE HERDS,.... Which they had taken from the land of the Philistines, or which belonged to the Amalekites properly: [WHICH] THEY DRAVE BEFORE THOSE [OTHER] CATTLE;...
And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drave before those [other] cattle, and said, This [is] David's spoil. Ver. 20. _And David took all the flocks,_] _i.e., _ All the rest of the...
_David took all the flocks_ Which had been taken by the Amalekites from the Philistines and others. _Which they drave before those other cattle_ His soldiers drave them before those cattle that belong...
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...
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,...
16-20 Sinners are nearest to ruin, when they cry, Peace and safety, and put the evil day far from them. Nor does any thing give our spiritual enemies more advantage than sensuality and indulgence. Eat...
ALL THE FLOCKS AND THE HERDS, to wit, which the Amalekites had taken from the Philistines, or others. BEFORE THOSE OTHER CATTLE; before those which belonged to Ziklag. THIS IS DAVID'S SPOIL, i.e. the...
1 Samuel 30:20 David H1732 took H3947 (H8799) flocks H6629 herds H1241 driven H5090 (H8804) before H6440 those...
DAVID AND HIS MEN PURSUE THE AMALEKITES AND DESTROY THEM, RECOVERING ALL THAT THEY HAD LOST AND MORE IN ABUNDANCE (1 SAMUEL 30:7). The Amalekites, aware that any opposition to what they had done was s...
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...
_This is David’s spoil._ DAVID’S SPOIL David may be regarded as a very special type of our Lord Jesus Christ. I. We begin with the first observation that, practically, all the spoil of that day was...
_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...
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 30:26; 2 Chronicles 20:25; Isaiah 53:12; Numbers 31:9;...
Other cattle — Before those that belonged to Ziklag. David's spoil — The soldiers, who lately were so incensed against David, that they spake of stoning him: now upon this success magnify him, and tri...