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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 29:2 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 29:2 |
King James |
And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish. |
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] |
| David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish--as the commander of the lifeguards of Achish, who was general of this invading army of the Philistines. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The lords - See Jdg 3:3 note, as distinguished from ordinary "princes" Sa1 29:3. The military divisions of the Philistine army were by hundreds and by thousands, like those of the Israelites Sa1 8:12. David and his men formed a body-guard to Achish Sa1 28:2. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| With Achish - As the life - guard of Achish. Achish being, as it seems, the general of the army. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| By hundreds, and by thousands - They were probably divided, as the Jewish armies, by fifties, hundreds, and thousands; each having its proper officer or captain. |
2 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.
12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.