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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 22:2 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
1Sa 22:2	Strong Concordance	And every one [0376] that was in distress [04689], and every one [0376] that was in debt [05378], and every one [0376] that was discontented [04751] [05315], gathered [06908] themselves unto him; and he became a captain [08269] over them: and there were with him about four [0702] hundred [03967] men [0376].
	King James	And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
every one that was in distress--(See on Jdg 11:3).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

every one that was in distress--(See on Jdg 11:3).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Discontented - See the margin. (Compare Sa1 30:6; Sa2 17:8.) The phrase here denotes those who were exasperated by Saul's tyranny.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Discontented - See the margin. (Compare Sa1 30:6; Sa2 17:8.) The phrase here denotes those who were exasperated by Saul's tyranny.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Debt - Probably poor debtors, whom the creditors were obliged to spare, Exo 22:25. And though their persons were with David, yet their lands and goods were liable to their creditors. Captain over them - He did not maintain any injustice or wickedness, which some of them possibly might be guilty of; but on the contrary, he instructed and obliged them to the practice of all justice and honesty.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Debt - Probably poor debtors, whom the creditors were obliged to spare, Exo 22:25. And though their persons were with David, yet their lands and goods were liable to their creditors. Captain over them - He did not maintain any injustice or wickedness, which some of them possibly might be guilty of; but on the contrary, he instructed and obliged them to the practice of all justice and honesty.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
And every one that was in distress - debt - discontented - It is very possible that these several disaffected and exceptionable characters might at first have supposed that David, unjustly persecuted, would be glad to avail himself of their assistance that he might revenge himself upon Saul, and so they in the mean time might profit by plunder, etc. But if this were their design they were greatly disappointed, for David never made any improper use of them. They are never found plundering or murdering; on the contrary, they always appear under good discipline, and are only employed in services of a beneficent nature, and in defense of their country. Whatever they were before they came to David, we find that he succeeded in civilizing them, and making profitable to the state those who were before unprofitable. It is not necessary to strain the words of the original in order to prove that these were oppressed people, and not exceptionable characters, as some have done.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

And every one that was in distress - debt - discontented - It is very possible that these several disaffected and exceptionable characters might at first have supposed that David, unjustly persecuted, would be glad to avail himself of their assistance that he might revenge himself upon Saul, and so they in the mean time might profit by plunder, etc. But if this were their design they were greatly disappointed, for David never made any improper use of them. They are never found plundering or murdering; on the contrary, they always appear under good discipline, and are only employed in services of a beneficent nature, and in defense of their country. Whatever they were before they came to David, we find that he succeeded in civilizing them, and making profitable to the state those who were before unprofitable. It is not necessary to strain the words of the original in order to prove that these were oppressed people, and not exceptionable characters, as some have done.

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