Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 27:9
And left neither man nor woman alive In that part where he came; but there were many of the Amalekites yet left in another part of that land.
And left neither man nor woman alive In that part where he came; but there were many of the Amalekites yet left in another part of that land.
Verse 1 Samuel 27:9. _DAVID SMOTE THE LAND_] Here was a complete extirpation of all these people, not one being left alive, lest he should carry tidings of the disasters of his country! The _spoil_ wh...
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)....
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in 1 Samuel 27:9....
_the sheep_, &c. In which the wealth of nomad tribes consists. Cp. 1 Samuel 15:3, &c.; Job 1:3. "We rode through five large Arab camps, and every hill-side and valley was filled with thousands of shee...
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)....
_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...
_AND DAVID SMOTE THE LAND, AND LEFT NEITHER MAN NOR WOMAN ALIVE, AND TOOK AWAY THE SHEEP, AND THE OXEN, AND THE ASSES, AND THE CAMELS, AND THE APPAREL, AND RETURNED, AND CAME TO ACHISH._ David smote...
LEFT] The tense of the verb denotes David's habitual practice. He never left any one alive to tell the tale....
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...
AND LEFT NEITHER MAN NOR WOMAN ALIVE. — These acts of ferocious barbarity are simply without excuse; the reason for them is told us in 1 Samuel 27:11. No captive was to be left alive to tell the tale...
וְ הִכָּ֤ה דָוִד֙ אֶת ־הָ אָ֔רֶץ 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...
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...
_Apparel. Saul alone had been ordered to destroy all the property of Amalec. (Abulensis)_...
(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...
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...
AND DAVID SMOTE THE LAND,.... In which the above mentioned people dwelt, that is, the inhabitants of it: AND LEFT NEITHER MAN NOR WOMAN ALIVE; for these being the old Canaanites and Amalekites, accor...
_And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish._ Ver. 9. _And...
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...
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, since they would naturally inform against him, AND TOOK AWAY THE SHEEP, AND THE OXEN, AND THE ASSES, AND THE CAMELS, AND THE APPAREL, AN...
David's Campaign Against the Heathen...
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...
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...
LEFT NEITHER MAN NOR WOMAN ALIVE, to wit, in that part where he came; but there were more of the Amalekites yet left in another part of that land, 1 SAMUEL 30:1....
1 Samuel 27:9 David H1732 attacked H5221 (H8689) land H776 man H376 woman H802 alive H2421 (H8762) away...
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...
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...
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 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 15:7; Deuteronomy 25:17; Exodus 15:22;...
Let neither man, &c. — In that part where he came: but there were more of the Amalekites yet left in another part of that land....