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The Geshurites bordered upon the Philistines, and lived in the
mountainous district which terminates the desert on the northeast
(marginal reference). They were a different tribe, or, at least, a
diff...
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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...
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1 Samuel 27:1 to 1 Samuel 28:2. DAVID AT GATH (J). Sequel to 1 Samuel
26:25 (_cf._ 1 Samuel 21:10)....
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David's raids upon neighbouring tribes
8. _the Geshurites_ A tribe dwelling south of Philistia near the
Amalekites (see Joshua 13:2), to be distinguished from the Geshurites
in Syria (2 Samuel 15:8)....
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DAVID—INVADED THE GESHURITES, &C.— This action has been condemned
by minute critics, as a piece of ingratitude, and a breach of the
principles of hospitality: but as the charge is founded upon a
suppo...
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_David's Pretended Campaign Against Judah._ 1 Samuel 27:8-12
8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the
Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those _nations were_ of old the
inh...
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_AND DAVID AND HIS MEN WENT UP, AND INVADED THE GESHURITES, AND THE
GEZRITES, AND THE AMALEKITES: FOR THOSE NATIONS WERE OF OLD THE
INHABITANTS OF THE LAND, AS THOU GOEST TO SHUR, EVEN UNTO THE LAND O...
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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....
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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...
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WENT UP. — The expression is strictly accurate. The nomad tribes
against whom his expeditions were directed dwelt on higher ground than
David’s home at Ziklag, apparently on the wide extent of the
mou...
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וַ יַּ֤עַל דָּוִד֙ וַֽ אֲנָשָׁ֔יו וַֽ
יִּפְשׁ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And David and his men went up, and invaded the (d) Geshurites, and the
Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those [nations were] of old the
inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the l...
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Pillaged Gessuri, &c. These probably were enemies of the people of
God; and some, if not all of them, were of the number of those whom
God had ordered to be destroyed; which justifies David's proceedi...
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(8) В¶ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites,
and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old
the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the...
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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...
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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...
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AND DAVID AND HIS MEN WENT UP,.... From Ziklag, where they dwelt:
AND INVADED THE GESHURITES; some of the old inhabitants of the land of
Canaan, the remains of the Amorites, whose land was given to t...
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And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the
Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those [nations were] of old the
inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land...
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_David and his men invaded the Geshurites_, &c. These were some
remains of the Amorites, and other ancient inhabitants of the country;
whom God, for their inveterate and incorrigible wickedness, had
c...
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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...
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And David and his men, no longer under the direct observation of the
Philistines, WENT UP AND INVADED THE GESHURITES AND THE GEZRITES,
small nations living south of the Philistine territory, AND THE
A...
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David's Campaign Against the Heathen...
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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...
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GEZRITES:
Or, Gerzites...
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8-12 While David was in the land of the Philistines, he attacked some
remains of the devoted nations. The people whom he cut off were long
before doomed to destruction. It is often wisdom to shun pub...
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THE GEZRITES were anciently seated in other places, JOSHUA 12:12,
JOSHUA 16:3, but for some reasons not now known they changed their
seats, as was then very usual, and seated themselves, and had for s...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 27:8 The GESHURITES are those living near
the Philistines (Joshua 13:2), not the Geshurites living near Bashan ...
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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,...
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DAVID FINDS A REFUGE AT ZIKLAG (1 Samuel 27:1.).
EXPOSITION
DAVID AGAIN SEEKS PROTECTION AT GATH (1 Samuel 27
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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...
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1 Chronicles 2:23; 1 Kings 9:15; 1 Samuel 15:7; 1 Samuel 15:8;...
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Amalekites — The remnant of those whom Saul destroyed, 1 Samuel
15:3, who retired into remote and desert places....