And David was greatly distressed; for the people (d) spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
(d) Thus we see that in trouble and adversity we do not consider God's providence, but like raging beasts forget both our own duty and contemn God's appointment over us.
Verse 1 Samuel 30:6. _THE PEOPLE SPAKE OF STONING HIM_] David had done much to civilize those men; but we find by this of what an unruly and ferocious spirit they were; and yet they strongly felt the...
CHAPTER 30 _ 1. The Amalekites destroy Ziklag (1 Samuel 30:1)_ 2. David's distress and return unto the Lord (1 Samuel 30:6) 3. David pursues the Amalekites (1 Samuel 30:9) 4. The young Egyptian
1 SAMUEL 30. AMALEKITE RAID ON ZIKLAG._ Cf._ above. 1 SAMUEL 30:1. On reaching Ziklag, David found that the Amalekites had sacked the town and carried off the families and property of himself and hi...
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. GRIEVED. embittered. EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. ENCOURAGED. strengthened. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
_spake of stoning him_ Cp. Exodus 17:4; Numbers 14:10. They laid the blame on him, because he had left no force to guard Ziklag. _was grieved_ WAS EXASPERATED, lit. "was bitter." Cp. 1 Samuel 22:2. e...
DISCOURSE: 309 ENCOURAGEMENT IN GOD 1 Samuel 30:6. _But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God._ IN seasons of prosperity the superior happiness of a Christian is not visible to all, but in adv...
David's Return to Ziklag, 1 Samuel 30:1-31. _David's Camp Looted._ 1 Samuel 30:1-6 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded th...
_AND DAVID WAS GREATLY DISTRESSED; FOR THE PEOPLE SPAKE OF STONING HIM, BECAUSE THE SOUL OF ALL THE PEOPLE WAS GRIEVED, EVERY MAN FOR HIS SONS AND FOR HIS DAUGHTERS: BUT DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN TH...
SPAKE OF STONING HIM] They probably thought he had been negligent in leaving Ziklag without a guard....
THE AMALEKITES RAID ZIKLAG, AND ARE PURSUED BY DAVID 2. Slew not any] They would be valuable as slaves....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 30 DAVID FIGHTS THE *AMALEKITES V1 David and his men arrived at Ziklag three days later. The *Amalekites had attacked the southern part of th...
FOR THE PEOPLE SPAKE OF STONING HIM. — Probably the discontent and anger of the people had been previously aroused by David’s close connection with Achish, which had entailed upon these valiant Israel...
וַ תֵּ֨צֶר לְ דָוִ֜ד מְאֹ֗ד כִּֽי ־אָמְר֤וּ
CHAPTER XXXV. _ DAVID AT ZIKLAG._ 1 Samuel 30:1. AFTER David had received from King Achish the appointment of captain of his body guard, he had with his troops accompanied the Philistine army, passi...
A BLOW THAT LED BACK TO GOD 1 Samuel 30:1 As David was leaving the battlefield, a number of men of Manasseh fell to him, 1 Chronicles 12:20, so his following was greatly increased. It was as if God h...
Being thus delivered, David returned to Ziklag. In his absence it had been sacked by the Amalekites. Immediately the true spirit of patriotic heroism was stirred within him, and he moved with rapid de...
_Stone him, as the author of all their losses, because he had not left a sufficient garrison at Siceleg, and had irritated the Amalecites. Inconstant people! they thought that he we indebted to them f...
(6) And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in...
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...
AND DAVID WAS GREATLY DISTRESSED,.... Partly for the loss of his two wives, and partly because of the mutiny and murmuring of his men: FOR THE PEOPLE SPAKE OF STONING HIM; as the Israelites did of Mo...
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the...
_The people spake of stoning him_ As the cause of this calamity, by coming to Ziklag at first, by provoking the Amalekites so grievously as he had done, and by his forwardness in marching away with Ac...
1 The Amalekites spoile Ziklag. 4 Dauid asking counsell, is encouraged by God to pursue them. 11 By the meanes of a reuiued Egyptian, he is brought to the enemies, and recouereth all the spoile. 22...
And David was greatly distressed, deeply oppressed and anxious in spirit; FOR THE PEOPLE SPAKE OF STONING HIM, evidently putting all the blame upon him for joining Achish on his campaign against Israe...
David's Return to Ziklag...
Returning to Ziklag, David and his men find themselves described by the meaning of Zikiag's name, "enveloped in grief." They had been at least some days away, and the Amalekites had invaded the land,...
GRIEVED: _ Heb._ bitter...
1-6 When we go abroad in the way of our duty, we may comfortably hope that God will take care of our families in our absence, but not otherwise. If, when we come off a journey, we find our abode in p...
THE PEOPLE SPAKE OF STONING HIM, as the author of their miseries, by coming to Ziklag at first, by provoking the Amalekites to this cruelty, by his forwardness in marching away with Achish, and leavin...
1 Samuel 30:6 David H1732 greatly H3966 distressed H3334 (H8799) people H5971 spoke H559 (H8804) stoning H5619 ...
CONTENTS: David avenges the destruction of Ziglag. CHARACTERS: God, David, Abiathar, an Egyptian. CONCLUSION: When we go abroad to tarry for a while with the enemies of God's people, we may expect t...
1 Samuel 30:7. _Abiathar brought the ephod._ None but the priest could wear this, and as the highpriest could not consult the oracle without the knowledge of his sovereign, Abiathar wore the ephod, an...
_David encouraged himself in the Lord his God._ DAVID ENCOURAGING HIMSELF IN GOD I. David’s distress. 1. David was greatly distressed, for he had been acting without consulting his God. Perhaps some...
_When David and his men were come to Ziklag._ DAVID IN THREE SITUATIONS at Ziklag in his distress, on his way to the Amalekites, and among the Amalekites. I. David in his distress. See in it the fr...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 30:6 BUT DAVID STRENGTHENED HIMSELF IN THE LORD HIS GOD. Rather than despairing over the destruction of Ziklag, David turns to God in prayer and worship (see...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 30:1. “THE SOUTH,” or the _Negeb_, the south country, so called by the Israelites as being the southern part of Palentine. 1 Samuel 30:2. “THEY SLEW NOT ANY.”...
DAVID RESCUES HIS WIVES FROM THE AMALEKITES (1 Samuel 30:1). EXPOSITION DAVID UPON HIS RETURN FINDS ZIKLAG BURNT BY T
And when they got back to Ziklag they found that the Amalekites had invaded the land (1 Samuel 30:1); Now here's something quite interesting. The Amalekites were the ones that God ordered utterly exte...
1 Samuel 1:10; 2 Corinthians 1:10; 2 Corinthians 1:6; 2 Corinthians 1:8;...
Stoning him — As the author of their miseries, by coming to Ziklag at first, by provoking the Amalekites to this cruelty, and by his forwardness in marching away with Achish, and leaving their wives a...