with thy master's servants Achish speaks of David's men as Saul's subjects, in view of the objection which has been made to their presence in the army.
with thee After these words the Sept. (A B) adds: "And go ye unto the place which I have appointed you; and lay not up any evil thought in thine heart, for thou art good in my sight."
Verse 1 Samuel 29:10. _WITH THY MASTER'S SERVANTS_] Who were these? has been very properly asked; and to this question there can be but two answers:- 1. The _six hundred Israelites_ which were with h...
WITH THY MASTER’S SERVANTS - The clue to this may be found in 1 Chronicles 12:19, where it appears that a considerable number of Manassites “fell” to David just at this time, and went back with him to...
8. DAVID AND ACHISH AND ZIKLAG DESTROYED AND AVENGED CHAPTER 29 _ 1. The objections of the Philistine lords (1 Samuel 29:1)_ 2. Achish dismisses David (1 Samuel 29:6) While David's enemy, Saul, hea...
1 SAMUEL 29-31., 2 SAMUEL 1:1 (J). SUBSTANTIALLY THESE SECTIONS ARE A CONTINUOUS NARRATIVE FROM THE SAME DOCUMENT. XXIX. David is Dismissed from the Philistine Army. Continues 1 Samuel 28:1 ff. As th...
WITH THY MASTER'S SERVANTS. Septuagint reads "thou, and the servants of thy lord". Probably the Manassites named in 1 Chronicles 12:19; 1 Chronicles 12:20, who deserted to David. with thee. The Septua...
_David Departs from Achish._ 1 Samuel 29:8-11 8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not...
DAVID DISALLOWED FROM FIGHTING WITH THE PHILISTINES 1. Jezreel] the plain between Gilboa and Little Hermon....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 29 THE *PHILISTINE LEADERS REFUSE TO HAVE DAVID IN THEIR ARMY V1 The *Philistines gathered their army at the town of Aphek. The *Israelites c...
WITH THY MASTER’S SERVANTS. — The words have perplexed expositors. It is hardly the expression we should expect Achish to use of David’s followers. All Israelites were, of course, “subjects of Saul,”...
וְ עַתָּה֙ הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם בַּ † בֹּ֔קֶר וְ...
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...
UNDER JUST SUSPICION 1 Samuel 29:1 David was in a strait! To what a plight had eighteen months of deceit brought him! He had no alternative other than to follow King Achish to battle, but it must hav...
David's sojourn with Achish resulted in his being compelled to join the Philistine army in its preparations to attack Israel. It is perfectly natural that the Philistine lords protested against this...
Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy (f) master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. (f) With them that fled to the...
_Thy Lord. He may allude to Saul, (ver. 3,) or to himself, (chap. v. 8,) or to God, as David was under obligations to all three. (Haydock) --- Light, that none might know or be dejected, in the rest o...
(8) And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord 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...
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...
WHEREFORE NOW RISE UP EARLY WITH THY MASTER'S SERVANTS THAT ARE COME WITH THEE,.... Meaning his six hundred men, who were considered as the servants and subjects of Saul, though with David: and which...
Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. Ver. 10. _Wherefore now rise up ea...
_With thy master's servants_ This intimates that the lords of the Philistines would not trust them, because they looked on them still as Saul's subjects. _David and his men rose up early_ David did no...
1 Dauid marching with the Philistines, 3 is disalowed by their Princes. 6 Achish dismisseth him with commendations of his fidelity. 1 NOW the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek...
David's Return to the Land of the Philistines...
Wherefore, now, rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants, the subjects of Saul, THAT ARE COME WITH THEE, AND AS SOON AS YE BE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND HAVE LIGHT, DEPART....
The events of this chapter apparently took place before Saul's visit to the witch of En-dor, for Saul was killed the day following that visit (ch.28:19), and the battle in which he was killed did not...
6-11 David scarcely ever had a greater deliverance than when dismissed from such insnaring service. God's people should always behave themselves so, as, if possible, to get the good word of all they h...
WITH THY MASTER'S SERVANTS; he intimates the ground of the Philistines jealousy concerning David and his men, that they were all servants of Saul, and therefore had an obligation, and were suspected t...
1 Samuel 29:10 early H7925 (H8685) morning H1242 masters H113 servants H5650 come H935 (H8804) early H7925 ...
THE PHILISTINES GATHER IN READINESS FOR THE INVASION OF ISRAEL AND REFUSE TO HAVE DAVID IN THEIR COMPANY (1 SAMUEL 29:1). This passage brings out how very much the concentration of the writer of Samue...
CONTENTS: David saved from fighting against Israel. CHARACTERS: David, Achish. CONCLUSION: God's providence orders wisely and graciously for His children even when they have sadly erred. Even the il...
1 Samuel 29:6. _As the Lord liveth._ It is very remarkable that Achish should swear by Jehovah. David, it would seem, had converted him to this confession of faith; and therefore he regarded David as...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 29:1 The story backtracks to right after 1 Samuel 28:2, partially repeating 1 Samuel 28:1
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— “Aphek.” This place must either have been situated in the plain of Jezreel or Esdraelon, or on the road thither, and therefore must not be confounded with the cities men...
DAVID'S DISMISSAL FROM THE PHILISTINE CAMP (1 Samuel 29:1.). EXPOSITION MARCH OF THE PHILISTINE ARMY (1 Samue
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. [Which is the area of Armageddon, actually it's the whole plains of Megid...
1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Samuel 30:1; 1 Samuel 30:2; 2 Peter 2:9;...