1 Samuel 27:1-12
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
A FULL YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS] The phrase probably means 'about four months,' lit. 'days and four months.' 8 THE GESHURITES] were the inhabitants of a district in the S. of Philistia: see Joshua 13:2. They must not be confused with the Geshurites who lived E. of the Jordan. The tribes mentioned here... [ Continue Reading ]
LEFT] The tense of the verb denotes David's habitual practice. He never left any one alive to tell the tale.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE A ROAD] RV 'made a raid.' The south of the Jerahmeelites] Jerahmeel was one of the divisions of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:9). The barren south was naturally named after the fertile lands on which it bordered: the' south of Judah,' 'of Jerahmeel,' and so on. The deception was that Achis... [ Continue Reading ]
TO BRING _tidings_ TO GATH] RV 'to bring them to Gath' in order to sell them as slaves.' So _will he_ HIS MANNER] RV 'so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt.'... [ Continue Reading ]