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Chapter 27
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am 2946, bc 1058, An, Ex, Is 433
And David 1Sam 16:1, 1Sam 16:13, 1Sam 23:17, 1Sam 25:30; Ps 116:11; Prov 13:12; Isa 40:27-31, Isa 51:12; Matt 14:31; Mark 4:40; 2Cor 7:5
I shall This was a rash conclusion: God had caused him to be anointed king of Israel, and promised his accession to the throne, and had so often interposed in his behalf, that he was authorised to believe the very reverse.
perish Heb. be consumed
there is nothing 1Sam 22:5; Exod 14:12; Num 14:3; Prov 3:5-6; Isa 30:15-16; Lam 3:26-27
into the land 1Sam 27:10-11, 1Sam 21:10-15, 1Sam 28:1-2, 1Sam 29:2-11, 1Sam 30:1-3
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David This measure of David's, in uniting himself to the enemies of his God and people, was highly blameable; was calculated to alienate the affections of the Israelites; and led to equivocation, if not downright falsehood.
the six 1Sam 25:13, 1Sam 30:8
Achish 1Sam 21:10; 1Kgs 2:40
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with his two 1Sam 25:3, 1Sam 25:18-35, 1Sam 25:42-43, 1Sam 30:5
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he sought 1Sam 26:21
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some town Gen 46:34; 2Cor 6:17
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Ziklag Ziklag was at first given to the tribe of Judah, but was afterwards ceded to that of Simeon; but as it bordered on the Philistines, if they had ever been expelled, they had retaken it. Eusebius simply says it was situated in the south of Canaan. 1Sam 30:1, 1Sam 30:14, 1Sam 19:5; 2Sam 1:1; 1Chr 4:30, 1Chr 12:1, 1Chr 12:20; Neh 11:28
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the time Heb. the number of days
a full year Heb. a year of days, 1Sam 29:3
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am 2948, bc 1056, An, Ex, Is, 435
the Geshurites Josh 13:2, Josh 13:13; 2Sam 13:37-38, 2Sam 14:23, 2Sam 14:32, 2Sam 15:8; 1Chr 2:23
Gezrites or, Gerzites, These people seem to be the Gerrhenians (2Macc 13:24) whose chief city, Gerrha, is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza and Pelusium in Egypt.
the Amalekites Josh 16:10; Judg 1:29; 1Kgs 9:15-17
as thou goest 1Sam 15:7-8, 1Sam 30:1; Exod 17:14-16
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left neither 1Sam 15:7; Gen 16:7, Gen 25:18; Exod 15:22
and the camels 1Sam 15:3; Deut 25:17-19; Josh 6:21
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Whither etc. or, Did you not make a road
And David 1Sam 21:2; Gen 27:19-20, Gen 27:24; Josh 2:4-6; 2Sam 17:20; Ps 119:29, Ps 119:163; Prov 29:25; Gal 2:11-13; Eph 4:25
Against David here meant the Geshurites, and Gezrites, and Amalekites, which people occupied that part of the country which lies to the south of Judah. But Achish, as was intended, understood him in a different sense, and believed that he had attacked his own countrymen. David's answer, therefore, though not an absolute falsehood, was certainly an equivocation intended to deceive, and therefore incompatible with that sense of truth and honour which became him as a prince, and a professor of true religion. From these, and similar passages, we may observe the strict impartiality of the Sacred Scriptures. They present us with the most faithful delineation of human nature; they exhibit the frailties of kings, priests, and prophets, with equal truth; and examples of vice and frailty, as well as of piety and virtue, are held up, that we may guard against the errors to which the best men are exposed.
the Jerahmeelites 1Chr 2:9, 1Chr 2:25
Kenites 1Sam 15:6; Num 24:21; Judg 1:16, Judg 4:11, Judg 5:24
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Lest 1Sam 22:22; Prov 12:19, Prov 29:25
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utterly to abhor Heb. to stink, 1Sam 13:4; Gen 34:30
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am 2946, bc 1058, An, Ex, Is 433
And David 1Sam 16:1, 1Sam 16:13, 1Sam 23:17, 1Sam 25:30; Ps 116:11; Prov 13:12; Isa 40:27-31, Isa 51:12; Matt 14:31; Mark 4:40; 2Cor 7:5
I shall This was a rash conclusion: God had caused him to be anointed king of Israel, and promised his accession to the throne, and had so often interposed in his behalf, that he was authorised to believe the very reverse.
perish Heb. be consumed
there is nothing 1Sam 22:5; Exod 14:12; Num 14:3; Prov 3:5-6; Isa 30:15-16; Lam 3:26-27
into the land 1Sam 27:10-11, 1Sam 21:10-15, 1Sam 28:1-2, 1Sam 29:2-11, 1Sam 30:1-3
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David This measure of David's, in uniting himself to the enemies of his God and people, was highly blameable; was calculated to alienate the affections of the Israelites; and led to equivocation, if not downright falsehood.
the six 1Sam 25:13, 1Sam 30:8
Achish 1Sam 21:10; 1Kgs 2:40
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with his two 1Sam 25:3, 1Sam 25:18-35, 1Sam 25:42-43, 1Sam 30:5
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he sought 1Sam 26:21
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some town Gen 46:34; 2Cor 6:17
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Ziklag Ziklag was at first given to the tribe of Judah, but was afterwards ceded to that of Simeon; but as it bordered on the Philistines, if they had ever been expelled, they had retaken it. Eusebius simply says it was situated in the south of Canaan. 1Sam 30:1, 1Sam 30:14, 1Sam 19:5; 2Sam 1:1; 1Chr 4:30, 1Chr 12:1, 1Chr 12:20; Neh 11:28
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the time Heb. the number of days
a full year Heb. a year of days, 1Sam 29:3
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am 2948, bc 1056, An, Ex, Is, 435
the Geshurites Josh 13:2, Josh 13:13; 2Sam 13:37-38, 2Sam 14:23, 2Sam 14:32, 2Sam 15:8; 1Chr 2:23
Gezrites or, Gerzites, These people seem to be the Gerrhenians (2Macc 13:24) whose chief city, Gerrha, is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza and Pelusium in Egypt.
the Amalekites Josh 16:10; Judg 1:29; 1Kgs 9:15-17
as thou goest 1Sam 15:7-8, 1Sam 30:1; Exod 17:14-16
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left neither 1Sam 15:7; Gen 16:7, Gen 25:18; Exod 15:22
and the camels 1Sam 15:3; Deut 25:17-19; Josh 6:21
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Whither etc. or, Did you not make a road
And David 1Sam 21:2; Gen 27:19-20, Gen 27:24; Josh 2:4-6; 2Sam 17:20; Ps 119:29, Ps 119:163; Prov 29:25; Gal 2:11-13; Eph 4:25
Against David here meant the Geshurites, and Gezrites, and Amalekites, which people occupied that part of the country which lies to the south of Judah. But Achish, as was intended, understood him in a different sense, and believed that he had attacked his own countrymen. David's answer, therefore, though not an absolute falsehood, was certainly an equivocation intended to deceive, and therefore incompatible with that sense of truth and honour which became him as a prince, and a professor of true religion. From these, and similar passages, we may observe the strict impartiality of the Sacred Scriptures. They present us with the most faithful delineation of human nature; they exhibit the frailties of kings, priests, and prophets, with equal truth; and examples of vice and frailty, as well as of piety and virtue, are held up, that we may guard against the errors to which the best men are exposed.
the Jerahmeelites 1Chr 2:9, 1Chr 2:25
Kenites 1Sam 15:6; Num 24:21; Judg 1:16, Judg 4:11, Judg 5:24
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Lest 1Sam 22:22; Prov 12:19, Prov 29:25
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utterly to abhor Heb. to stink, 1Sam 13:4; Gen 34:30