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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 29:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 29:6 |
Strong Concordance |
Then Achish [0397] called [07121] David [01732], and said [0559] unto him, Surely, as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], thou hast been upright [03477], and thy going out [03318] and thy coming in [0935] with me in the host [04264] is good [02896] in my sight [05869]: for I have not found [04672] evil [07451] in thee since the day [03117] of thy coming [0935] unto me unto this day [03117]: nevertheless the lords [05633] favour [02896] thee not [05869]. |
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King James |
Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| As the Lord liveth - The swearing by Yahweh seems strange in the mouth of a Philistine. But probably not the very words, but only the sense of this and such like speeches, is preserved. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
After this declaration on the part of the princes, Achish was obliged to send David back.
Sa1 29:6-7
With a solemn assertion, - swearing by Jehovah to convince David all the more thoroughly of the sincerity of his declaration, - Achish said to him, "Thou art honourable, and good in my eyes (i.e., quite right in my estimation) are thy going out and coming in (i.e., all thy conduct) with me in the camp, for I have not found anything bad in thee; but in the eyes of the princes thou art not good (i.e., the princes do not think thee honourable, do not trust thee). Turn now, and go in peace, that thou mayest do nothing displeasing to the princes of the Philistines."
Sa1 29:8-9
Partly for the sake of vindicating himself against this suspicion, and partly to put the sincerity of Achish's words to the test, David replied, "What have I done, and what hast thou found in thy servant, since I was with thee till this day, that I am not to come and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?" These last words are also ambiguous, since the king whom David calls his lord might be understood as meaning either Achish or Saul. Achish, in his goodness of heart, applies them without suspicion to himself; for he assures David still more earnestly (Sa1 29:9), that he is firmly convinced of his uprightness. "I know that thou art good in my eyes as an angel of God," i.e., I have the strongest conviction that thou hast behaved as well towards me as an angel could; but the princes have desired thy removal.
Sa1 29:10
"And now get up early in the morning with the servants of thy lord (i.e., Saul, whose subjects David's men all were), who have come with thee; get ye up in the morning when it gets light for you (so that ye can see), and go."
Sa1 29:11
In accordance with this admonition, David returned the next morning into the land of the Philistines, i.e., to Ziklag; no doubt very light of heart, and praising God for having so graciously rescued him out of the disastrous situation into which he had been brought and not altogether without some fault of his own, rejoicing that "he had not committed either sin, i.e., had neither violated the fidelity which he owed to Achish, nor had to fight against the Israelites" (Seb. Schmidt). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Thou hast been upright - So he thought, for as yet he had not heard of the above transaction; David having given him to understand that he had been fighting against Israel. |
11 So David [01732] and his men [0582] rose up early [07925] to depart [03212] in the morning [01242], to return [07725] into the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430]. And the Philistines [06430] went up [05927] to Jezreel [03157].
10 Wherefore now rise up early [07925] in the morning [01242] with thy master's [0113] servants [05650] that are come [0935] with thee: and as soon as ye be up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and have light [0215], depart [03212].
9 And Achish [0397] answered [06030] and said [0559] to David [01732], I know [03045] that thou art good [02896] in my sight [05869], as an angel [04397] of God [0430]: notwithstanding the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] have said [0559], He shall not go up [05927] with us to the battle [04421].
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]?
9 And Achish [0397] answered [06030] and said [0559] to David [01732], I know [03045] that thou art good [02896] in my sight [05869], as an angel [04397] of God [0430]: notwithstanding the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430] have said [0559], He shall not go up [05927] with us to the battle [04421].
6 Then Achish [0397] called [07121] David [01732], and said [0559] unto him, Surely, as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], thou hast been upright [03477], and thy going out [03318] and thy coming in [0935] with me in the host [04264] is good [02896] in my sight [05869]: for I have not found [04672] evil [07451] in thee since the day [03117] of thy coming [0935] unto me unto this day [03117]: nevertheless the lords [05633] favour [02896] thee not [05869].
7 Wherefore now return [07725], and go [03212] in peace [07965], that thou displease [06213] [07451] [05869] not the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430].