And David said in his heart, I shall now (a) perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
(a) David distrusts God's protection and therefore flees to the idolaters, who were enemies to God's people.
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 an...
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...
1 Samuel 27:1 to 1 Samuel 28:2. DAVID AT GATH (J). Sequel to 1 Samuel 26:25 (_cf._ 1 Samuel 21:10)....
IN HIS HEART. to himself. I SHALL NOW PERISH. This lack of faith acted with disastrous results to David. It put him in. false position; shook the People's confidence in him; delayed his own election;...
1 Samuel 27:1-7. David's flight to Achish, and residence at Ziklag 1. _into the land of the Philistines_ The result anticipated in 1 Samuel 26:19 has come to pass. David is forced to seek refuge in a...
DISCOURSE: 307 THE UNBELIEVING FEARS OF DAVID 1 Samuel 27:1, _And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul_. OF the dispositions of men their fellow-creatures can judge...
AND DAVID SAID IN HIS HEART, I SHALL NOW PERISH— David, tired of wandering, weary of struggling with Saul's implacable spirit, sensible of the unequal conflict between too dangerous generosity, and to...
David's Second Flight to Gath, 1 Samuel 27:1-12. _David Again in Gath._ 1 Samuel 27:1-7 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: _there is_ nothing better for me t...
_AND DAVID SAID IN HIS HEART, I SHALL NOW PERISH ONE DAY BY THE HAND OF SAUL: THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR ME THAN THAT I SHOULD SPEEDILY ESCAPE INTO THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES; AND SAUL SHALL DESPAIR...
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....
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...
AND DAVID SAID IN HIS HEART. — David’s position seems to have grown more and more untenable during the latter days of Saul’s reign. Probably the paroxysms of the king’s fatal malady grew sharper and m...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל ־לִבֹּ֔ו עַתָּ֛ה אֶסּ
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...
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...
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...
_Hands. God requires that we should act with prudence. (Du Hamel) --- David probably consulted the Lord, and sent ambassadors to Achis, before he went into his dominions, (Menochius) where he had been...
CONTENTS The Holy Ghost in holding forth to the church the history of David, hath in this Chapter given us a view of this great man in the infirmities of his character. Here are his fears respecting S...
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...
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...
AND DAVID SAID IN HIS HEART,.... Within himself, and to himself; while he was pondering things in his own mind, and considering the circumstances in which he was, and things appearing, very gloomy to...
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despai...
_I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul_ David, says Delaney, “weary of wandering, weary of struggling with Saul's implacable spirit, weary of the unequal conflict between too dangerous generosity...
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...
DAVID IN GATH AND ZIKLAG...
And David said in his heart, taking counsel with himself, expressing the inmost conviction of his heart, I SHALL NOW PERISH, be cut down, snatched away, swept off, one day by the hand of Saul; THERE I...
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...
PERISH: _ Heb._ be consumed...
1-7 Unbelief is a sin that easily besets even good men, when without are fightings, and within are fears; and it is a hard matter to get over them. Lord, increase our faith! We may blush to think tha...
1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 27 David with his six hundred men, and all his faith, goeth to king Achish, and abideth there a while; Saul pursueth no more after him, 1 SAMUEL 27:1. He obtaineth Ziklag of Achish to...
1 Samuel 27:1 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) heart H3820 perish H5595 (H8735) someday H259 H3117 hand...
DAVID DECIDES TO MOVE TO GATH AND IS WELCOMED BY ACHISH (1 SAMUEL 27:1). It is easy to understand the reason why David moved to Gath. He had at last realised that there was no hope of any further reco...
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...
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...
_And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul._ DESPONDENCY: ITS CAUSES AND CURE I. The gloom and despondency of David’s heart. How variable is the Christian’s experien...
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...
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,...
DAVID FINDS A REFUGE AT ZIKLAG (1 Samuel 27:1.). EXPOSITION DAVID AGAIN SEEKS PROTECTION AT GATH (1 Samuel 27
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...
1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 21:10; 1 Samuel 22:5;...
I shall perish — But this was certainly a very great fault in David: for This proceeded from gross distrust of God's promise and providence; and that after such repeated demonstrations of God's peculi...