Ye shall not do so, my brethren: he useth his power and authority to overrule them; but manageth it with all sweetness, calling them brethren; not only as of the same nation and religion with him, but as his fellow soldiers. With that which the Lord hath given us; what he hath freely imparted to us, we should not unkindly and injuriously withhold from our brethren.
Verse 1 Samuel 30:23. _THAT WHICH THE LORD HATH GIVEN US_] He very properly attributes this victory to God; the numbers of the Amalekites being so much greater than his own. Indeed, as many fled away...
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...
The division of the spoil 22. _Then answered_, &c. THEN ANSWERED EVERY WICKED MAN AND EVERY WORTHLESS MAN … BECAUSE THEY WENT NOT WITH ME. Each spoke for himself, in the true spirit of selfishness....
YE SHALL NOT DO SO, MY BRETHREN— David pronounced, in contrariety to the inhuman resolutions of some evil men who attended him, that they who went down to battle, and they who stayed behind to guard t...
_David's Goodwill Toward Judah._ 1 Samuel 30:21-31 21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor:...
_THEN ANSWERED ALL THE WICKED MEN AND MEN OF BELIAL, OF THOSE THAT WENT WITH DAVID, AND SAID, BECAUSE THEY WENT NOT WITH US, WE WILL NOT GIVE THEM OUGHT OF THE SPOIL THAT WE HAVE RECOVERED, SAVE TO EV...
THE AMALEKITES RAID ZIKLAG, AND ARE PURSUED BY DAVID 2. Slew not any] They would be valuable as slaves....
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...
YE SHALL NOT DO SO MY BRETHREN. — Translate “Do not so my brethren with that which the Lord hath given us,” that is, “in respect to that which the Lord,” &c. Ewald prefers to render the phrase as an e...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔ד לֹֽא ־תַעֲשׂ֥וּ כֵ֖ן אֶחָ
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...
(21) В¶ And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet...
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...
THEN SAID DAVID, YE SHALL NOT DO SO, MY BRETHREN,.... Though he saw through their wickedness, and disapproved of the bad sentiments they had embraced, yet he deals gently with them, calling them breth...
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. Ver. 23. _Ye shall not d...
_Ye shall not do so, my brethren_ He uses his authority to overrule their intention; but manages the matter with all sweetness, though they were such wicked and unreasonable men, calling them brethren...
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...
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPOIL...
Then said David, his tactful gentleness averting a rupture in the ranks which might have become a calamity, YE SHALL NOT DO SO, MY BRETHREN, WITH THAT WHICH THE LORD HATH GIVEN US, WHO HATH PRESERVED...
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,...
21-31 What God gives us, he designs we should do good with. In distributing the spoil, David was just and kind. Those are men of Belial indeed, who delight in putting hardships upon their brethren, an...
1 Samuel 30:23 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) brethren H251 so H6213 (H8799) LORD H3068 given H5414 ...
DAVID DECLARES THAT ALL MUST SHARE THE CREDIT FOR THE VICTORY, BOTH THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND THOSE WHO GUARDED THE BAGGAGE, BECAUSE THE VICTORY WAS YHWH'S (1 SAMUEL 30:21). David's concern for all his men...
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...
_And David came to the two hundred men which were so faint that they could not follow._ THE STATUTE OF DAVID FOR THE SHARING OF THE SPOIL I. I shall begin by saying, first, that faint ones occur eve...
_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 Chronicles 29:12; 1 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 30:8; Acts 22:1; Acts 7:2;...
My brethren — He useth his authority to over — rule them; but manageth it with all sweetness, tho' they were such wicked and unreasonable men, calling them brethren; not only as of the same nation and...