Achish believed David; partly, because of his confidence in David's authority and fidelity; partly, because most men easily believe what they heartily wish to be true; and partly, from God's providence, which blinded him in this and in divers other particulars relating to David's coming hither, and abiding here.
Verse 1 Samuel 27:12. _HE HATH MADE HIS PEOPLE - UTTERLY TO ABHOR HIM_] This deception, which Dr. Delaney says "_did harm to nobody, and to the_ _account of which he is at an utter loss what degree o...
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...
1 Samuel 27:1 to 1 Samuel 28:2. DAVID AT GATH (J). Sequel to 1 Samuel 26:25 (_cf._ 1 Samuel 21:10)....
PEOPLE ISRAEL. Israel's People....
_Achish believed David_ Connect 1 Samuel 27:12 with 1 Samuel 27:10. Achish believed that David had brought himself into ill odour (see on 1 Samuel 13:4) with his own countrymen by his attacks on them,...
David's raids upon neighbouring tribes 8. _the Geshurites_ A tribe dwelling south of Philistia near the Amalekites (see Joshua 13:2), to be distinguished from the Geshurites in Syria (2 Samuel 15:8)....
_David's Pretended Campaign Against Judah._ 1 Samuel 27:8-12 8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those _nations were_ of old the inh...
_AND ACHISH BELIEVED DAVID, SAYING, HE HATH MADE HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL UTTERLY TO ABHOR HIM; THEREFORE HE SHALL BE MY SERVANT FOR EVER._ Achish believed David. Achish was deceived by the tale, and consid...
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....
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...
וַ יַּאֲמֵ֥ן אָכִ֖ישׁ בְּ דָוִ֣ד לֵ אמֹ֑ר
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...
SUBSTITUTING POLICY FOR TRUST 1 Samuel 27:1 David had every assurance that he would be king. From Samuel, Jonathan and Saul he had heard predictions of his coming exaltation; yet suddenly he seems to...
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...
Harm. Hebrew, "he hath made himself stinking (an object of horror) to his people." A strong expression used, Genesis xxxiv. 30., and Exodus v. 21. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "he is quite covered with co...
REFLECTIONS Do not, my soul, pass over the review which the Holy Ghost gives thee of David's want of faith, in the opening of this chapter, without taking home with thee the important instruction it a...
(8) В¶ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the...
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...
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...
AND ACHISH BELIEVED DAVID,.... As he would have him understand his story; imposing upon him by ambiguous terms, insinuating he had been against the southern parts of Judah, when he had been against fo...
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. Ver. 12. _And Achish believed David._] Heb., Believed in David, whic...
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...
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him, making himself a stench, a loathing, completely alienating himself from the Israelites; THEREFORE HE SHALL BE MY...
David's Campaign Against the Heathen...
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...
UTTERLY TO ABHOR: _ Heb._ to stink...
8-12 While David was in the land of the Philistines, he attacked some remains of the devoted nations. The people whom he cut off were long before doomed to destruction. It is often wisdom to shun pub...
1 Samuel 27:12 Achish H397 believed H539 (H8686) David H1732 saying H559 (H8800) people H5971 Israel H3478 utterly
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...
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...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 27:10 The NEGEB was the area east and west of Beersheba and north of Kadesh-barnea. David would tell Achish that he attacked Judahite, Jerahmeelite, or Kenite settlements in...
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...
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,...
DAVID FINDS A REFUGE AT ZIKLAG (1 Samuel 27:1.). EXPOSITION DAVID AGAIN SEEKS PROTECTION AT GATH (1 Samuel 27
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...
1 Samuel 13:4; Genesis 34:30...