Ziklag - This was properly one of the cities of Simeon within the tribe of Judah (marginal references), but it had been taken possession of by the Philistines. The exact situation of it is uncertain.
Unto this day - This phrase, coupled with the title the kings of Judah, implies that this was written after the revolt of Jeroboam, and before the Babylonian captivity.
Verse 1 Samuel 27:6. _ACHISH GAVE HIM ZIKLAG_] Ziklag was at first given to the tribe of _Judah_, but afterwards it was ceded to that of _Simeon_, Joshua 15:31; Joshua 19:5. The Philistines had, howe...
CHAPTER 27 _ 1. David's unbelief (1 Samuel 27:1)_ 2. With Achish, King of Gath (1 Samuel 27:3) 3. His slaughter and deception 27:8-12) David became despondent. After all the gracious evidences that...
1 Samuel 27:1 to 1 Samuel 28:2. DAVID AT GATH (J). Sequel to 1 Samuel 26:25 (_cf._ 1 Samuel 21:10)....
ZIKLAG. An outpost which protected Gath....
_Ziklag_ One of the cities In the _Negeb_or "South Country," originally assigned to Judah (Joshua 15:31), but transferred to Simeon (Joshua 19:5), and either never occupied by them or reconquered by t...
ZIKLAG— _Ziklag_ was situated on the southern frontiers of Judah, not far from Hormah. See Joshua 15:30. Le Clerc conjectures from this verse, that the present book was written after the separation of...
David's Second Flight to Gath, 1 Samuel 27:1-12. _David Again in Gath._ 1 Samuel 27:1-7 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: _there is_ nothing better for me t...
_THEN ACHISH GAVE HIM ZIKLAG THAT DAY: WHEREFORE ZIKLAG PERTAINETH UNTO THE KINGS OF JUDAH UNTO THIS DAY._ Ziklag. Though originally assigned to Judah (Joshua 15:31), and subsequently to Simeon (Josh...
DAVID FLEES TO GATH, AND OBTAINS ZIKLAG FROM ACHISH 2. David's position now as the captain of 600 men was quite different from what it was in 1 Samuel 21:10....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 27 DAVID LIVES WITH THE *PHILISTINES V1 Then David thought, ‘I am sure that Saul will kill me one day. But I have a good idea. I will go to t...
ZIKLAG. — In the days of Joshua this place fell to the lot of Simeon (Joshua 19:5). It was afterwards captured by the Philistines, not long before the time of David, and Keil thinks was left without i...
וַ יִּתֶּן ־לֹ֥ו אָכִ֛ישׁ בַּ † יֹּ֥ום...
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...
SUBSTITUTING POLICY FOR TRUST 1 Samuel 27:1 David had every assurance that he would be king. From Samuel, Jonathan and Saul he had heard predictions of his coming exaltation; yet suddenly he seems to...
David's sense of his danger increased until he became almost pessimistic, and he said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul." And who can wonder at, or blame him? Long and wear...
_Day. This was written some time after the death of Samuel. --- Siceleg belonged at first to Juda, and was afterwards given to the tribe of Simeon, till it fell into the hands of the Philistines, and...
(5) And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal cit...
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...
But David, after all, is only a man; and immediately after this testimony that God was with him (a testimony that even Saul acknowledged), his faith fails, and he passes over into the midst of the ene...
THEN ACHISH GAVE HIM ZIKLAG THAT DAY,.... A city which in the division of the land was given to the tribe of Judah, and after that to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 15:31; though it seems not to have bee...
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. Ver. 6. _Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day._] Hungry Ziklag - _augustia sextarii,_ so it si...
_Achish gave him Ziklag_ Not only that he might inhabit it for the present, but possess it as his own in future. This Achish did, either out of his royal bounty, or on condition of some service which...
1 Saul hearing Dauid to be in Gath, seeketh no more for him. 5 Dauid beggeth Ziklag of Achish. 8 Hee inuading other countreys, perswadeth Achish he fought against Iudah. 1 AND Dauid sayd in his hear...
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day, a city which had been apportioned to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 19:5, but had evidently been taken by the Philistines only recently and was still deserted; WHERE...
DAVID IN GATH AND ZIKLAG...
So soon after David's admirable moral victory in Chapter 26, it is sad to see his faith wavering in his decision "to escape to the land of the Philistines." Did he not remember his experience with Ach...
1-7 Unbelief is a sin that easily besets even good men, when without are fightings, and within are fears; and it is a hard matter to get over them. Lord, increase our faith! We may blush to think tha...
GAVE HIM ZIKLAG; not only to inhabit, but to possess it as his own; which he did, to lay the greater obligations upon David, whom he knew so able to serve him. PERTAINETH UNTO THE KINGS OF JUDAH: it w...
1 Samuel 27:6 Achish H397 gave H5414 (H8799) Ziklag H6860 day H3117 Ziklag H6860 kings H4428 Judah H3063 day...
CONTENTS: David down in the dumps. CHARACTERS: David, Schish, Ahmoan, Abigail. CONCLUSION: Unbelief is a sin that besets those who have been undergoing long trials. It is no advantage to us when we...
1 Samuel 27:8. _The Geshurites._ They were a branch of the Canaanites. Joshua 12:5. Another branch of this people resided beyond the Jordan. 2Sa 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:15. _The Gezrites_ are the people of G...
_Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day._ GOD’S RESTORING MERCY Throughout that season of declension and relapse (1 Samuel 27:1, Psalms 10:1) the loving mercy of God hovered tenderly over David’s life...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 27:1 David and his men finally gain some stability by serving the Philistine king Achish of Gath. David pretends to be loyal to Achish by attacking various non-Israelite peop...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 27:6 ZIKLAG may have been some distance from Gath, but the cities nearer to Gath probably belonged to other foreigners serving Achish, a fact that David must have been well a...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 27:1. “SAUL SHALL DESPAIR,” or _“desist from me.”_ “The idea of the word is, to give a thing up as impossible or useless.” _(Erdmann.)_ 1 Samuel 27:2. “ACHISH,...
DAVID FINDS A REFUGE AT ZIKLAG (1 Samuel 27:1.). EXPOSITION DAVID AGAIN SEEKS PROTECTION AT GATH (1 Samuel 27
Now David made a negative confession in chapter twenty-seven, and if what these people are preaching today, David would've been killed by Saul. If what they say is true, "If you are what you say," if...
1 Chronicles 12:1; 1 Chronicles 12:20; 1 Chronicles 4:30; 1 Samuel 19:5;...
Gave Ziklag — Not only to inhabit, but to possess it as his own. Which he did, to lay the greater obligations upon David, whom he knew so able to serve him. It was given to the tribe of Judah before,...