Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 30

1 Samuel 30:1

MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. THE SOUTH. the _Negeb._ The hill-country S. of Judah. BURNED. burned up. See App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 30:2

THE WOMEN CAPTIVES, that were therein. Septuagint reads "the women, and all who were therein".... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 30:3

AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in this verse. BURNED. burning.... [ Continue Reading ]

THE WIFE. The Figure of speech _Ampliatio,_ (App-6), by which Abigail is still called the wife of Nabal, though he was dead. Compare 1 Samuel 27:3; 2 Samuel 3:3. Those ignorant of Figures of Speech would call this. "discrepancy".... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 30:6

SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. GRIEVED. embittered. EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. ENCOURAGED. strengthened. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 30:7

ABIATHAR. He had the ephod, with David. Zadok, who was with Saul, had it not.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 30:9

MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 30:12

SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS. Figure of speech _Idioma,_ by which. part of. day is reckoned as. whole day. See 2 Samuel 1:1; 2 Samuel 1:2, and compare Esther 4:16; Jonah 1:17; Matthew 12:40.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 30:14

CHERETHITES. Probably. clan of Php 30:16.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 30:15

COMPANY. troop, as 1 Samuel 30:8.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 30:16

BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. EARTH. surrounding land.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 30:17

THE TWILIGHT. the morning. Hebrew. _nesheph, a_ Homonym: meaning (1) _darkness,_ 2 Kings 7:5; 2 Kings 7:7; Job 24:15.Proverbs 7:9; Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 21:4; Isaiah 59:10; Jeremiah 13:16. _(2) daylight,_ 1 Samuel 30:17 [ Continue Reading ]