Achish. See subscription of Psalms 55 (Comp. Bible). (Not superscription of Psalms 56 as in Authorized Version)
[Conversion Note]
Subscription of Psalms 55 reads: To the chief Musician ° upon ° Jonath-elem-rechokim.
Psalms 34:1 contains. reference to Achish (referenced in the original text below), and the author may have intended to reference it instead.
6. DAVID'S VARIED EXPERIENCES CHAPTER 21 _ 1. David at Nob with Ahimelech (1 Samuel 21:1)_ 2. David's flight to Achish, King of Gath (1 Samuel 21:10) With this chapter begins the record of David's...
1 SAMUEL 21. DAVID AT NOB AND GATH. 1 Samuel 21:1 (J). From one of the ancient documents; it is not clear which of the previous sections finds its sequel here. It is often connected with 1 Samuel 19:1...
David's flight to Gath 10. _and went to Achish_ In the extremity of peril, David was driven to take refuge among Saul's bitterest enemies, and offer himself as a servant to Achish (1 Samuel 21:15). He...
_David At Gath._ 1 Samuel 21:10-15 10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, _Is_ not this David king o...
_AND DAVID LAID UP THESE WORDS IN HIS HEART, AND WAS SORE AFRAID OF ACHISH THE KING OF GATH._ David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath This terror, and t...
THE FLIGHT OF DAVID David first of all flees to Nob, where Ahimelech supplies him with food and gives him the sword of Goliath. He next takes refuge with Achish at Gath....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 21 DAVID GOES TO THE TOWN OF NOB V1 David went and visited Ahimelech the priest. He lived in the town of Nob. Ahimelech trembled when he went...
AND DAVID LAID UP THESE WORDS. — Now, for the first time, David saw how widely travelled was a renown of which he in his humbleness of heart had thought so little, and at once a deadly fear took posse...
_[1 Samuel 21:13]_ וַ יָּ֧שֶׂם דָּוִ֛ד אֶת ־הַ...
CHAPTER XXVIII. _ DAVID AT NOB AND AT GATH._ 1 Samuel 21:1. WE enter here on a somewhat painful part of David's history. He is not living so near to God as before; and in consequence his course beco...
FOOD AND WEAPON: A SIDE STEP 1 Samuel 21:1 David fled to Nob, at the north of the Mount of Olives, where Ahimelech presided over the relics of the ancient sanctuary. His suspicions were removed by an...
Under such trying stress, the land itself seemed too hot to hold David, and he takes refuge in flight. The story of his period of exile, with its varied experiences, follows. His movements during this...
(12) And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. (13) And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on...
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 elect king is now rejected. He repairs to the priest, who gives him the hallowed bread, according to the sovereign grace of God, who rises above the ordinances that are connected with blessing, wh...
AND DAVID LAID UP THESE WORDS IN HIS HEART,.... Pondered upon them, and thought them over in his mind, finding that he was known, and his character also, and considered with himself what might be the...
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. Ver. 12. _And David laid up._] He was much affected with them, and as greatly afflicted as if he had been c...
_David laid up these words in his heart_ It is probable he had been at first well received, but this discourse deeply affected him, and made him think himself not safe there. For, when he found that h...
[DAUID AT NOB.] 1 Dauid at Nob, obtaineth of Ahimelech hallowed bread. 7 Doeg was present. 8 Dauid taketh Goliaths sword. 10 Dauid at Gath faineth himselfe madde. 1 THEN came Dauid to Nob, to Ahi...
DAVID AT GATH...
And David, who may have hoped to remain in the country of the Philistines unrecognized, LAID UP THESE WORDS IN HIS HEART, he was worried about what they might lead to, AND WAS SORE AFRAID OF ACHISH, T...
David came down to Nob, which was a cause of alarm to Ahimelech the priest, who asks why he had no man with him. It would seem from the history here that he had no-one identified with him, yet there m...
10-15 God's persecuted people have often found better usage from Philistines than from Israelites. David had reason to put confidence in Achish, yet he began to be afraid. His conduct was degrading, a...
Lest either their revenge or policy should prompt them to kill him....
1 Samuel 21:12 David H1732 took H7760 (H8799) words H1697 heart H3824 much H3966 afraid H3372 (H8799) of...
DAVID THE CHAMPION SLAYER IS HUMILIATED BEFORE THE KING OF GATH (1 SAMUEL 21:8). It can surely not be a coincidence that in this passage David's miserable time in Gath is preceded by a reminder of ano...
CONTENTS: David flees to Ahimelech and Achish. CHARACTERS: David, Ahimelech, Doeg, Achish. CONCLUSION: If we would but trust God aright, we would not have to resort to miserable and dishonoring devi...
1 Samuel 21:1. _Nob;_ fifteen miles west of Jerusalem, and on the road to Gath, where the wandering ark now rested. It was a little city of priests. After they were all murdered, by Saul, the ark was...
_Then came David to Nob._ ALMOST GONE It is not easy to walk with God. I. The steps of David’s declension. The first sign of what was impending was his remark to Jonathan, that there was but a step...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 21:1 David begins his life as a fugitive. He moves around from place to place, gathering a group of 400 men, which later increases to 600. Saul is single-minded in his determ...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 21:10 David apparently had the idea of serving ACHISH (INTO MY HOUSE, v. 1 Samuel 21:15) as an a
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 21:1. The position of Nob cannot now be determined, only from Isaiah 10:28, we gather that it was on the road northward between Jerusalem and Anathoth. Porter i...
DAVID'S FLIGHT TO NOB, AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE PHILISTINES (1 Samuel 21:1.). EXPOSITION DAVID'S FLIGHT TO NOB ...
So David now fled to Nob to Ahimelech who was the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why are you alone, why aren't there men with you? [You know David was a cap...
1 Samuel 21:10; Genesis 12:11; Genesis 26:7; Luke 2:19; Luke 2:51;...
Was afraid — Lest either their revenge or policy should prompt them to kill him. Perhaps he was the more apprehensive, because he wore Goliath's sword, which was probably well known at Gath. He now le...