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Verse 1 Samuel 27:10. _WHITHER HAVE YE MADE A ROAD TODAY?_] He had
probably been in the habit of making predatory excursions. This seems
to be implied in the question of Achish....
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THE JERAHMEELITES - i. e. the descendants of Jerahmeel, the son of
Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah (marginal references). They
were therefore a portion of the “south of Judah.”
THE KENITES...
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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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WHITHER. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "against
whom".
ROAD. raid.
SOUTH. Hebrew the _Negeb_ or hill country south of Judah....
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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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_Whither_ The Heb. word does not mean _whither_, and must be emended.
It is best to follow the Sept. and Vulg. in reading "against whom."
_have ye made a road_ The same word as that translated "invade...
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AGAINST THE SOUTH, &C.— The answer was true, but ambiguous; for all
those people actually dwelt on the south of Judah. But Achish
understood the answer as meaning that the incursion was made on Judah,...
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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 ACHISH SAID, WHITHER HAVE YE MADE A ROAD TO DAY? AND DAVID SAID,
AGAINST THE SOUTH OF JUDAH, AND AGAINST THE SOUTH OF THE
JERAHMEELITES, AND AGAINST THE SOUTH OF THE KENITES._
Achish said, Whith...
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27:10 south (a-16) south (a-22) south (a-29) Those portions of the _
Negeb_ inhabited respectively by Judah, the Jerahmeelites, and the
Kenites. see Judges 1:16 ....
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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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AND DAVID SAID, AGAINST THE SOUTH OF JUDAH. — The answer of David to
his sovereign lord, the King of Gath — for he was now, to all
intents and purposes, a vassal prince of Achish — was simply a
falseh...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אָכִ֔ישׁ אַל
־פְּשַׁטְתֶּ֖ם הַ יּ
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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 Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said,
Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the (e)
Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
(e) A family of...
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Jerameel, the son of Esron, inhabited the most southern part of Juda.
--- Ceni, or the Cinites, descendants of Jethro, (Calmet) who dwelt at
Arad and the environs. The words of David might signify tha...
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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 ACHISH SAID, WHITHER HAVE YE MADE A ROAD TODAY?.... Or whither had
they rushed in, or poured in and spread themselves? or where had they
made their excursion to fetch in the prey and booty they no...
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And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said,
Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the
Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
Ver. 10. _Whither ha...
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_David said, Against the south of Judah_, &c. David expressed himself
thus ambiguously that Achish might suppose he had assaulted the land
of Judah; whereas he had only fallen upon those people who bo...
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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 Achish said, it was his custom to ask, WHITHER HAVE YE MADE A ROAD
TODAY? referring to their latest raid. AND DAVID SAID, AGAINST THE
SOUTH OF JUDAH AND AGAINST THE SOUTH OF THE JERAHMEELITES AND...
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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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WHITHER HAVE YE MADE A ROAD TODAY:
Or, did you not make a road, etc....
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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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AGAINST THE SOUTH OF JUDAH: these and the following words are
ambiguous; for they may be understood, either of the southern parts
from Judah, &c., which he would have Achish understand; or of another...
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1 Samuel 27:10 Achish H397 say H559 (H8799) Where H408 raid H6584
(H8804) today H3117 David H1732 say...
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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 27:10 The NEGEB was the area east and west
of Beersheba and north of Kadesh-barnea. David would tell Achish that
he attacked Judahite, Jerahmeelite, or Kenite settlements in...
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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 2:25; 1 Chronicles 2:9; 1 Samuel 15:6; 1 Samuel 21:2;...
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David — These and the following words are ambiguous, and contrary to
that simplicity which became David, both as a prince, and as an
eminent professor of the true religion. The fidelity of Achish to h...