CHAPTER XXVII _David flies to Achish, king of Gath, who receives him kindly,_ _and gives him Ziklag to dwell in, where he continues a year_ _and four months_, 1-7. _David invades the Geshurites and Amalekites, and leaves neither_ _man nor woman alive_, 8, 9. _He returns to Achish, and pretends... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Samuel 27:2. _DAVID AROSE, AND HE PASSED OVER - UNTO ACHISH_] There is not one circumstance in this transaction that is not blameable. David joins the enemies of his God and of his country, acts a most inhuman part against the Geshurites and Amalekites, without even the pretense of a Divine... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Samuel 27:3. _EVERY MAN WITH HIS HOUSEHOLD_] So it appears that the men who consorted with David had wives and families. David and his company resembled a tribe of the wandering Arabs.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Samuel 27:5. _WHY SHOULD THY SERVANT DWELL IN THE ROYAL CITY_] He seemed to intimate that _two princely establishments_ in the same city were too many. Achish appears to have felt the propriety of his proposal, and therefore appoints him Ziklag.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Samuel 27:6. _ACHISH GAVE HIM ZIKLAG_] Ziklag was at first given to the tribe of _Judah_, but afterwards it was ceded to that of _Simeon_, Joshua 15:31; Joshua 19:5. The Philistines had, however, made themselves masters of it, and held it to the time here mentioned; it then fell into the tri... [ Continue Reading ]
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_ which David took consisted of _sheep, oxen, asses, camels_, and _apparel_.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Samuel 27:12. _HE HATH MADE HIS PEOPLE - UTTERLY TO ABHOR HIM_] This deception, which Dr. Delaney says "_did harm to nobody, and to the_ _account of which he is at an utter loss what degree of guilt to_ _charge_," imposed upon Achish, had the most direct tendency to make him imagine himself... [ Continue Reading ]