Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Samuel 30:31
Or, to go; whither they used to resort in the time of Saul's persecution, either to hide themselves in some of their territories, or to get provision from thence.
Or, to go; whither they used to resort in the time of Saul's persecution, either to hide themselves in some of their territories, or to get provision from thence.
Verse 1 Samuel 30:31. _TO_ THEM _WHICH_ WERE _IN HEBRON_] This was a place strongly attached to David, and David to it, and the place where he was proclaimed king, and where he reigned more than seven...
HEBRON - Now El-Khulil (see Genesis 23:2). Hebron was a city of refuge Joshua 20:7, and one of the cities of the Kohathites Joshua 21:11. It lies twenty miles south of Jerusalem....
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...
HEBRON. Caleb's lot: the Negeb. Compare 1 Samuel 27:10. HAUNT. frequent....
_Hebron_ One of the most ancient cities in the world (Numbers 13:22). When Abraham entered Canaan it was already existing under the name of _Kirjath Arba_. In its neighbourhood he often sojourned, and...
The presents sent to the elders of Judah 26. _he sent of the spoil_, &c. In gratitude for the assistance he had received from them during his wanderings, and to secure their good will when Saul's dea...
_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:...
_AND TO THEM WHICH WERE IN HEBRON, AND TO ALL THE PLACES WHERE DAVID HIMSELF AND HIS MEN WERE WONT TO HAUNT._ Hebron - (see the note at Genesis 13:18; Genesis 14:15; Genesis 23:19;...
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...
HEBRON. — Hebron is one of the most ancient known cities in the world. It is now called El-Khalil (“friend of God”), owing to Abraham’s residence there. During the early years of David’s rule, which f...
וְ לַ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּ חֶבְרֹ֑ון וּֽ לְ
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 to [them] which [were] in Hebron, and (n) to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt. (n) Showing himself mindful of their benefits towards him....
_Hebron, twenty miles south of Jerusalem. --- Rest. David remunerated all his old friends, which was the sure way to procure more. (Haydock) --- He was still uncertain what would be the event of the w...
REFLECTIONS THE Holy Ghost hath evidently much instruction to convey to his Church, in what is here related of David's calamity; and I would charge it upon the Reader's soul, and my own, to enquire v...
(26) And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; (27) To them which wer...
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 TO [THEM] WHICH [WERE] IN HEBRON,.... A noted city in the tribe of Judah, in the mountainous part of it, and a city of refuge, and where David was afterwards anointed, first king over Judah, and t...
And to [them] which [were] in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt. Ver. 31. _Were wont to haunt._] When they fled and hid from Saul, everywhere they found...
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...
and to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt, who had shown kindness to him when he was a fugitive. All the cities here mentioned, some of...
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPOIL...
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 30:31 Hebron H2275 places H4725 David H1732 men H582 rove H1980 (H8694) Hebron -...
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...
_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...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 30:26 DAVID generously distributes the spoils of victory to all who sided with him. He even gives gifts to others who will soon be his subjects. HEBRON was the major city in...
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...
2 Samuel 15:10; 2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 4:1; Joshua 14:13; Joshua 14:14