He inquired of the Lord ... - This was not true, but Ahimelech’s going to fetch the sword from behind the ephod might have given occasion to the belief on Doeg’s part that he had put on the ephod to inquire of the Lord for David.
Verse 1 Samuel 22:10. _AND HE INQUIRED OF THE LORD FOR HIM_] This circumstance is not related in history; but it is probably true, as David would most naturally wish to know where to direct his steps...
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...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4....
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...
_he inquired of the Lord for him_ See on 1 Samuel 10:23. This, though not expressly mentioned in ch. 21, was probably the chief object of David's visit, and Ahimelech does not disclaim the charge (1 S...
_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...
_AND HE INQUIRED OF THE LORD FOR HIM, AND GAVE HIM VICTUALS, AND GAVE HIM THE SWORD OF GOLIATH THE PHILISTINE._ He inquired of the Lord for him. Some suppose that this was a malicious fiction of Doeg...
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...
AND HE ENQUIRED OF THE LORD FOR HIM. — This is, however, by no means certain (see below); nothing was said about the Urim and Thummim being brought out and questioned by the high priest on the occasio...
וַ יִּשְׁאַל ־לֹו֙ בַּֽ יהוָ֔ה וְ צֵידָ֖ה
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...
_Consulted. Some think this was a falsehood, as it is not mentioned before. (Hugo) --- but Achimelech does not deny the fact, ver. 15. (Calmet)_...
(9) Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. (10) And he enquired of the LORD for him, a...
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...
AND HE INQUIRED OF THE LORD FOR HIM,.... Which not being expressed before, some have taken it to be a lie of Doeg's, he being charged with lying by David, Psalms 52:3; but it is not at all improbable...
And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. Ver. 10. _And he inquired of the Lord for him._] Herein, saith Lyra, some think he lied;...
_He inquired of the Lord for him_ Some think Doeg slandered Ahimelech in this, because we read nothing of it in the foregoing chapter; and David in the Psalms speaks of his false tongue. But whether o...
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...
And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, food on the way, AND GAVE HIM THE SWORD OF GOLIATH, THE PHILISTINE. Doeg was actuated by wickedness, falsehood, calumny, and deceit, as Psal...
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...
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...
HE INQUIRED OF THE LORD FOR HIM: this is not recorded 1SA 21, and therefore some think that Doeg, to curry favour with Saul, feigned this; for it is certain David chargeth him with the sin of lying, P...
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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 22:8 ALL OF YOU HAVE CONSPIRED AGAINST ME. Saul does not trust in the Lord, and now he trusts no one else either, even his own servants. Doeg is called THE EDOMITE three time...
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 21:6; 1 Samuel 22:13; 1 Samuel 22:15; 1 Samuel 23:12;...
He enquired — David chargeth him with the sin of lying, Psalms 52:3, and it is not improbable, that he told many lies not here expressed; and withal, he was guilty of concealing part of the truth, whi...