Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 22:6
Spear — It seems, as an ensign of majesty, for in old times kings carried a spear instead of a sceptre.
Spear — It seems, as an ensign of majesty, for in old times kings carried a spear instead of a sceptre.
Verse 1 Samuel 22:6. _SAUL ABODE IN GIBEAH_] Saul and his men were in pursuit of David, and had here, as is the general custom in the East, encamped on a _height_, for so _Ramah_ should be translated...
UNDER A TREE IN RAMAH - Rather, “under the tamarisk-tree on the high place,” where he always held such meetings. It was a kind of parliament in the open air, and all his tribesmen gathered round him....
CHAPTER 22 _ 1. In the cave of Adullam (1 Samuel 22:1)_ 2. In Moab and Gad's message (1 Samuel 22:3) 3. Saul's discovery of David's visit to Nob (1 Samuel 22:6) 4. The murder of the priests ...
1 SAMUEL 22. DAVID AT ADULLAM AND MOAB: MASSACRE AT NOB (J). The series of narratives in ch. 22 may very well come from the same ancient document, and be the continuation of 1 Samuel 21:1. 1 SAMUEL 2...
MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. NOW SAUL. Note the Figure of speech _Parenthesis._ App-6. IN RAMAH. Or, in the high place....
Saul's vengeance on the priests of Nob 6. _that David was discovered_ Lit. "was known." Saul found out that some of his courtiers knew of David's hiding-place in the forest of Hareth. _now Saul abode...
_1 SAMUEL 22:6_. (_NOW SAUL ABODE IN GIBEAH,_ &C.— Though _mean people,_ travelling in the East, might make use of _trees_ for shelter, we may perhaps think it almost incredible that _kings_ should; i...
_Saul's Increasing Jealousy. 1 Samuel 22:6-16_ 6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that _were_ with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his...
_WHEN SAUL HEARD THAT DAVID WAS DISCOVERED, AND THE MEN THAT WERE WITH HIM, (NOW SAUL ABODE IN GIBEAH UNDER A TREE IN RAMAH, HAVING HIS SPEAR IN HIS HAND, AND ALL HIS SERVANTS WERE STANDING ABOUT HIM;...
IN RAMAH] RM 'on the height.'...
DAVID IN THE CAVE OF ADULLAM. SAUL'S SLAUGHTER OF THE PRIESTS AT NOB 1. Adullam] probably in the valley of Elah between Philistia and Hebron....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 22 DAVID AT ADULLAM AND MIZPAH V1 David left Gath and went to a cave near Adullam. His brothers and his father’s family discovered where he h...
WHEN SAUL HEARD. — No note of time is here given. Probably the return of David with a disciplined force to the land, and the pitching of an armed camp in the “forest of Hareth,” excited anew Saul’s je...
וַ יִּשְׁמַ֣ע שָׁא֔וּל כִּ֚י נֹודַ֣ע דָּוִ֔ד...
CHAPTER XXIX. _ DAVID AT ADULLAM, MIZPEH, AND HARETH._ 1 Samuel 22:1. THE cave of Adullam, to which David fled on leaving Gath, has been placed in various localities even in modern times; but as the...
CAPTAIN OF AN OUTLAWED BAND 1 Samuel 22:1 What a striking analogy there is between the gathering of these outlawed men to David, and the attraction of publicans and sinners, in all ages, to Christ! H...
Leaving Gath, David took refuge in the cave of Adullam, where there gathered to him a band of the outcasts of his own people. They are graphically described as those in "distress," in "debt," and "dis...
When Saul heard that David was (e) discovered, and the men that [were] with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants [were] standing abo...
(6) В¶ When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing abou...
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...
David now takes his place fully with the excellent of the earth (Hebrews 11:38). There the prophet Gad joins him; he is guided in a direct manner by the plain testimony of God, and soon after he is jo...
WHEN SAUL HEARD THAT DAVID WAS DISCOVERED, AND THE MEN THAT [WERE] WITH HIM,.... That it was known where David was, and what number of men were gathered to him, and that they now openly appeared in th...
When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that [were] with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants [were] standing about h...
_Having his spear in his hand_ It seems, as an ensign of majesty, for in old times kings carried a spear instead of a sceptre. _Ye Benjamites_ You that are of my own tribe and kindred, from whom David...
1 Companies resort vnto Dauid at Adullam. 3 At Mizpeh he commendeth his parents vnto the King of Moab. 5 Admonished by Gad, hee commeth to Hareth. 6 Saul going to pursue him, complaineth of his ser...
When Saul heard that David was discovered, when the place of his concealment was known at court, AND THE MEN THAT WERE WITH HIM, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, under the tamarisk on...
SAUL TAKES REVENGE UPON THE PRIESTS OF NOB...
David wrotePsalms 34:1 at this time, which shows that he was truly restored to the Lord. Verse 4 of that Psalm is particularly significant, "I sought the Lord and He heard me, and delivered me from al...
TREE IN RAMAH: Or, grove in a high place...
6-19 See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language o...
IN RAMAH, i.e. in the territory of Gibeah, in or near (for so the Hebrew particle is oft used, as hath been showed) _Ramah_. Or, in the town of _Gibeah_ in a high place; for so the word _Ramah_ unques...
1 Samuel 22:6 Saul H7586 heard H8085 (H8799) David H1732 men H582 discovered H3045 (H8738) Saul H7586 staying...
SAUL REVEALS HIS TRUE COLOURS (1 SAMUEL 22:6). While David was going through his period of refining, Saul was displaying his true colours. Unlike David he did not learn from his tribulations. He rath...
CONTENTS: David in rejection gathers mighty men. His wanderings and dangers. CHARACTERS: David, Saul, Gad, Ahimelech, Doeg, Abiathar. CONCLUSION: Those who give way to jealousy are in a continual ag...
1 Samuel 22:10. _He enquired of the Lord for him._ This was a lie, which Doeg invented to ingratiate himself with Saul: 1 Samuel 22:22; Psalms 52:3....
_And the prophet Gad said unto David._ A FRIEND AND A FOE I. The visit of Gad the seer. David had been brought very low through his own mistakes. God proved him in the hold. Then He sent to him. Whe...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 22:6 SAUL WAS SITTING AT GIBEAH UNDER THE TAMARISK TREE. Court was often held under a tree (Judges 4:5)....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 22:6. “ABODE UNDER A TREE,” etc. Rather, _was sitting under a tamarisk tree upon the height_. (For Ramah see Notes on 1 Samuel 1:1.) “Oriental princes frequentl...
EXPOSITION COMMENCEMENT OF DAVID'S LIFE AS AN OUTLAW. 1 SAMUEL 22:1 THE CAVE ADULLAM. According to Josephus this was situated near a city of the same name ('Ant.,'...
And he went from there, and he escaped to the cave at Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard of it, they went down to him there. And every one that was in distress, and every...
1 Samuel 18:10; 1 Samuel 19:9; 1 Samuel 20:33...