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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 28:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 28:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And David [01732] said [0559] to Achish [0397], Surely [03651] thou shalt know [03045] what thy servant [05650] can do [06213]. And Achish [0397] said [0559] to David [01732], Therefore will I make [07760] thee keeper [08104] of mine head [07218] for ever [03117]. |
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King James |
And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do--This answer, while it seemed to express an apparent cheerfulness in agreeing to the proposal, contained a studied ambiguity--a wary and politic generality.
Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever--or, "my life"; that is, "captain of my bodyguard," an office of great trust and high honor. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thou shalt know ... - David dissembled (compare also Sa1 29:8), hoping, no doubt, that something would happen to prevent his fighting against his king and country.
Keeper of mine head - Captain of his bodyguard. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Can do - He speaks ambiguously, as he did before. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do - This was another equivocal answer; and could only be understood by his succeeding conduct. It might imply what he could do in favor of the Philistines against Israel; or in favor of Israel against the Philistines. Achish understood it in the former sense; and therefore he said to David, I will make thee keeper of my head for ever; i.e., Thou shalt be captain of my life-guards. |
8 And David [01732] said [0559] unto Achish [0397], But what have I done [06213]? and what hast thou found [04672] in thy servant [05650] so long as [03117] I have been with thee [06440] unto this day [03117], that I may not go [0935] fight [03898] against the enemies [0341] of my lord [0113] the king [04428]?