Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 29:3
Verse 1 Samuel 29:3. These days, or these years] I suppose these words to mark no definite time, and may be understood thus: "Is not this David, who has been with me for a considerable time?"
Verse 1 Samuel 29:3. These days, or these years] I suppose these words to mark no definite time, and may be understood thus: "Is not this David, who has been with me for a considerable time?"
HE FELL UNTO ME - The regular word for deserting and going over to the other side. See Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 38:19....
8. DAVID AND ACHISH AND ZIKLAG DESTROYED AND AVENGED CHAPTER 29 _ 1. The objections of the Philistine lords (1 Samuel 29:1)_ 2. Achish dismisses David (1 Samuel 29:6) While David's enemy, Saul, hea...
1 SAMUEL 29-31., 2 SAMUEL 1:1 (J). SUBSTANTIALLY THESE SECTIONS ARE A CONTINUOUS NARRATIVE FROM THE SAME DOCUMENT. XXIX. David is Dismissed from the Philistine Army. Continues 1 Samuel 28:1 ff. As th...
FELL. fell away; or, departed. UNTO ME. These words are in the text of Septuagint and Vulgate....
_princes_ The Hebrew equivalent for the special title _Seren_rendered _lord_. _Hebrews_ See on 1 Samuel 4:6. _these days, or these years_ Lit. "now days (a year) or now years," i.e. for a considerab...
THESE DAYS, OR THESE YEARS— _Long enough, even two years._ Houb....
_David Challenged by the Lords of the Philistines._ 1 Samuel 29:1-7 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which _is_ in Jezreel. 2...
_THEN SAID THE PRINCES OF THE PHILISTINES, WHAT DO THESE HEBREWS HERE? AND ACHISH SAID UNTO THE PRINCES OF THE PHILISTINES, IS NOT THIS DAVID, THE SERVANT OF SAUL THE KING OF ISRAEL, WHICH HATH BEEN W...
HE FELL _unto me_] i.e. 'deserted to me.'...
DAVID DISALLOWED FROM FIGHTING WITH THE PHILISTINES 1. Jezreel] the plain between Gilboa and Little Hermon....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 29 THE *PHILISTINE LEADERS REFUSE TO HAVE DAVID IN THEIR ARMY V1 The *Philistines gathered their army at the town of Aphek. The *Israelites c...
THESE DAYS, OR THESE YEARS. — An indefinite expression of time. The versions have translated it in various ways. The English Version here is literal. The Syrlac singularly renders, “this time, and tim...
וַ יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ שָׂרֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים מָ֖ה הָ...
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...
UNDER JUST SUSPICION 1 Samuel 29:1 David was in a strait! To what a plight had eighteen months of deceit brought him! He had no alternative other than to follow King Achish to battle, but it must hav...
David's sojourn with Achish resulted in his being compelled to join the Philistine army in its preparations to attack Israel. It is perfectly natural that the Philistine lords protested against this...
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, [Is] not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath b...
Know David. It seems they were not unacquainted with him, since they knew that Achis had given him a place, (ver. 4,) or city. (Haydock) --- But they prudently judged that it would be very hazardous t...
(3) Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath bee...
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 FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 AND 30. In chapter 29 God, in His loving-kindness, brings David out of his difficulty by means of the jealousy of the lords of the Philistines. Nevertheles...
THEN SAID THE PRINCES OF THE PHILISTINES,.... To Achish; not those of the court of Achish, who were his subjects, but the confederate princes with him in this war, the lords of the other principalitie...
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, [Is] not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath b...
_Then said the princes_ The lords of the other eminent cities, who were confederate with Achish in this expedition. _These days, or years _ That is, did I say _days?_ I might have said _years._ He hat...
1 Dauid marching with the Philistines, 3 is disalowed by their Princes. 6 Achish dismisseth him with commendations of his fidelity. 1 NOW the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek...
THE OBJECTIONS OF THE PHILISTINE PRINCES...
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? They may have remembered, from an earlier campaign, that the Israelites in their own army had turned against them and helped to de...
The events of this chapter apparently took place before Saul's visit to the witch of En-dor, for Saul was killed the day following that visit (ch.28:19), and the battle in which he was killed did not...
1-5 David waited with a secret hope that the Lord would help him out of his difficulty. But he seems to have been influenced too much by the fear of man, in consenting to attend Achish. It is hard to...
THE PRINCES OF THE PHILISTINES; the lords of the other eminent cities and territories, who were confederate with him in this expedition. THESE DAYS, or _these years_: q.d. Did I say _days_ ? I might h...
1 Samuel 29:3 princes H8269 Philistines H6430 said H559 (H8799) Hebrews H5680 Achish H397 said H559 (H8799) princes...
THE PHILISTINES GATHER IN READINESS FOR THE INVASION OF ISRAEL AND REFUSE TO HAVE DAVID IN THEIR COMPANY (1 SAMUEL 29:1). This passage brings out how very much the concentration of the writer of Samue...
CONTENTS: David saved from fighting against Israel. CHARACTERS: David, Achish. CONCLUSION: God's providence orders wisely and graciously for His children even when they have sadly erred. Even the il...
1 Samuel 29:6. _As the Lord liveth._ It is very remarkable that Achish should swear by Jehovah. David, it would seem, had converted him to this confession of faith; and therefore he regarded David as...
_What do these Hebrews here?_ ONE QUESTION WITH TWO MEANINGS David was almost at the lowest point of his fortunes when he fled into foreign territory. The Philistine commanders, very naturally, were...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 29:1 The story backtracks to right after 1 Samuel 28:2, partially repeating 1 Samuel 28:1
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— “Aphek.” This place must either have been situated in the plain of Jezreel or Esdraelon, or on the road thither, and therefore must not be confounded with the cities men...
DAVID'S DISMISSAL FROM THE PHILISTINE CAMP (1 Samuel 29:1.). EXPOSITION MARCH OF THE PHILISTINE ARMY (1 Samue
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. [Which is the area of Armageddon, actually it's the whole plains of Megid...
1 Peter 3:16; 1 Samuel 25:28; 1 Samuel 27:7; Daniel 6:5; John 19:6;...
The princes — The Lords of the other eminent cities, who were confederate with him in this expedition. These days or years — That is, did I say days? I might have said years. He hath now been with me...