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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 27:1 - Strong Concordance
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| 1Sa 27:1 |
Strong Concordance |
And David [01732] said [0559] in his heart [03820], I shall now perish [05595] one [0259] day [03117] by the hand [03027] of Saul [07586]: there is nothing better [02896] for me than that [03588] I should speedily [04422] escape [04422] into the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430]; and Saul [07586] shall despair [02976] of me, to seek [01245] me any more in any coast [01366] of Israel [03478]: so shall I escape [04422] out of his hand [03027]. |
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King James |
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. |
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] |
SAUL HEARING THAT DAVID WAS FLED TO GATH, SEEKS NO MORE FOR HIM. (Sa1 27:1-4)
David said in his heart, . . . there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines--This resolution of David's was, in every respect, wrong: (1) It was removing him from the place where the divine oracle intimated him to remain (Sa1 22:5); (2) It was rushing into the idolatrous land, for driving him into which he had denounced an imprecation on his enemies (Sa1 26:19); (3) It was a withdrawal of his counsel and aid from God's people. It was a movement, however, overruled by Providence to detach him from his country and to let the disasters impending over Saul and his followers be brought on by the Philistines. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The result of the last affair with Saul, after his life had again been spared, could not fail to confirm David in his conviction that Saul would not desist from pursuing him, and that if he stayed any longer in the land, he would fall eventually into the hands of his enemy. With this conviction, he formed the following resolution: "Now shall I be consumed one day by the hand of Saul: there is no good to me (i.e., it will not be well with me if I remain in the land), but (כּי after a negative) I will flee into the land of the Philistines; so will Saul desist from me to seek me further (i.e., give up seeking me) in the whole of the territory of Israel, and I shall escape his hand."
Sa1 27:2
Accordingly he went over with the 600 men who were with him to Achish, the king of Gath. Achish, the son of Maoch, is in all probability the same person not only as the king Achish mentioned in Sa1 21:11, but also as Achish the son of Maachah (Kg1 2:39), since Maoch and Maachah are certainly only different forms of the same name; and a fifty years' reign, which we should have in that case to ascribe to Achish, it not impossible.
Sa1 27:3-4
Achish allotted dwelling-places in his capital, Gath, for David and his wives, and for all his retinue; and Saul desisted from any further pursuit of David when he was informed of his flight to Gath. The Chethibh יוסף is apparently only a copyist's error for יסף.
Sa1 27:5-6
In the capital of the kingdom, however, David felt cramped, and therefore entreated Achish to assign him one of the land (or provincial) towns to dwell in; whereupon he gave him Ziklag for that purpose. This town was given to the Simeonites in the time of Joshua (Jos 19:5), but was afterwards taken by the Philistines, probably not long before the time of David, and appears to have been left without inhabitants in consequence of this conquest. The exact situation, in the western part of the Negeb, has not been clearly ascertained (see at Jos 15:31). Achish appears to have given it to David. This is implied in the remark, "Therefore Ziklag came to the kings of Judah (i.e., became their property) unto this day."
Sa1 27:7
The statement that David remained a year and four months in the land of the Philistines, is a proof of the historical character of the whole narrative. The ימים before the "four months" signifies a year; strictly speaking, a term of days which amounted to a full year (as in Lev 25:29 : see also Sa1 1:3, Sa1 1:20; Sa1 2:19). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I shall perish - But this was certainly a very great fault in David: for This proceeded from gross distrust of God's promise and providence; and that after such repeated demonstrations of God's peculiar care over him. He forsakes the place where god had settled him, Sa1 22:5, and given him both assurance and experience of his protection there. He voluntarily runs upon that rock, which he cursed his enemies for throwing him upon, Sa1 26:19, and upon many other snares and dangers, as the following history will shew; and withal, deprives the people of the Lord of those succours which he might have given them, in case of a battle. But God hereby designed to withdraw David from the Israelites, that they might fall by the hand of the Philistines, without any reproach or inconvenience to David. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul - This was a very hasty conclusion: God had so often interposed in behalf of his life, that he was authorized to believe the reverse. God had hitherto confounded all Saul's stratagems, and it was not at all likely that he would now abandon him: there was now no additional reason why he should withdraw from David his helping hand. |
19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord [0113] the king [04428] hear [08085] the words [01697] of his servant [05650]. If the LORD [03068] have stirred thee up [05496] against me, let him accept [07306] an offering [04503]: but if they be the children [01121] of men [0120], cursed [0779] be they before [06440] the LORD [03068]; for they have driven [01644] me out this day [03117] from abiding [05596] in the inheritance [05159] of the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Go [03212], serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430].
5 And the prophet [05030] Gad [01410] said [0559] unto David [01732], Abide [03427] not in the hold [04686]; depart [03212], and get [0935] thee into the land [0776] of Judah [03063]. Then David [01732] departed [03212], and came [0935] into the forest [03293] of Hareth [02802].
1 And David [01732] said [0559] in his heart [03820], I shall now perish [05595] one [0259] day [03117] by the hand [03027] of Saul [07586]: there is nothing better [02896] for me than that [03588] I should speedily [04422] escape [04422] into the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430]; and Saul [07586] shall despair [02976] of me, to seek [01245] me any more in any coast [01366] of Israel [03478]: so shall I escape [04422] out of his hand [03027].
2 And David [01732] arose [06965], and he passed over [05674] with the six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] that were with him unto Achish [0397], the son [01121] of Maoch [04582], king [04428] of Gath [01661].
3 And David [01732] dwelt [03427] with Achish [0397] at Gath [01661], he and his men [0582], every man [0376] with his household [01004], even David [01732] with his two [08147] wives [0802], Ahinoam [0293] the Jezreelitess [03159], and Abigail [026] the Carmelitess [03762], Nabal's [05037] wife [0802].
4 And it was told [05046] Saul [07586] that David [01732] was fled [01272] to Gath [01661]: and he sought [01245] no more again [03254] [03254] for him.
19 Moreover his mother [0517] made [06213] him a little [06996] coat [04598], and brought [05927] it to him from year [03117] to year [03117], when she came up [05927] with her husband [0376] to offer [02076] the yearly [03117] sacrifice [02077].
20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time [03117] was come [08622] about after Hannah [02584] had conceived [02029], that she bare [03205] a son [01121], and called [07121] his name [08034] Samuel [08050], saying, Because I have asked [07592] him of the LORD [03068].
3 And this [01931] man [0376] went up [05927] out of his city [05892] yearly [03117] [03117] to worship [07812] and to sacrifice [02076] unto the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] in Shiloh [07887]. And the two [08147] sons [01121] of Eli [05941], Hophni [02652] and Phinehas [06372], the priests [03548] of the LORD [03068], were there.
29 And if a man [0376] sell [04376] a dwelling [04186] house [01004] in a walled [02346] city [05892], then he may redeem [01353] it within a whole [08552] year [08141] after it is sold [04465]; within a full year [03117] may he redeem [01353] it.
7 And the time [04557] [03117] that David [01732] dwelt [03427] in the country [07704] of the Philistines [06430] was a full year [03117] and four [0702] months [02320].
31 And Ziklag [06860], and Madmannah [04089], and Sansannah [05578],
5 And Ziklag [06860], and Bethmarcaboth [01024], and Hazarsusah [02701],
5 And David [01732] said [0559] unto Achish [0397], If I have now found [04672] grace [02580] in thine eyes [05869], let them give [05414] me a place [04725] in some [0259] town [05892] in the country [07704], that I may dwell [03427] there: for why should thy servant [05650] dwell [03427] in the royal [04467] city [05892] with thee?
6 Then Achish [0397] gave [05414] him Ziklag [06860] that day [03117]: wherefore Ziklag [06860] pertaineth unto the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] unto this day [03117].
3 And David [01732] dwelt [03427] with Achish [0397] at Gath [01661], he and his men [0582], every man [0376] with his household [01004], even David [01732] with his two [08147] wives [0802], Ahinoam [0293] the Jezreelitess [03159], and Abigail [026] the Carmelitess [03762], Nabal's [05037] wife [0802].
4 And it was told [05046] Saul [07586] that David [01732] was fled [01272] to Gath [01661]: and he sought [01245] no more again [03254] [03254] for him.
39 And it came to pass at the end [07093] of three [07969] years [08141], that two [08147] of the servants [05650] of Shimei [08096] ran away [01272] unto Achish [0397] son [01121] of Maachah [04601] king [04428] of Gath [01661]. And they told [05046] Shimei [08096], saying [0559], Behold, thy servants [05650] be in Gath [01661].
11 And the servants [05650] of Achish [0397] said [0559] unto him, Is not this David [01732] the king [04428] of the land [0776]? did they not sing [06030] one to another of him [02088] in dances [04246], saying [0559], Saul [07586] hath slain [05221] his thousands [0505], and David [01732] his ten thousands [07233]?
2 And David [01732] arose [06965], and he passed over [05674] with the six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] that were with him unto Achish [0397], the son [01121] of Maoch [04582], king [04428] of Gath [01661].
19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord [0113] the king [04428] hear [08085] the words [01697] of his servant [05650]. If the LORD [03068] have stirred thee up [05496] against me, let him accept [07306] an offering [04503]: but if they be the children [01121] of men [0120], cursed [0779] be they before [06440] the LORD [03068]; for they have driven [01644] me out this day [03117] from abiding [05596] in the inheritance [05159] of the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Go [03212], serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430].
5 And the prophet [05030] Gad [01410] said [0559] unto David [01732], Abide [03427] not in the hold [04686]; depart [03212], and get [0935] thee into the land [0776] of Judah [03063]. Then David [01732] departed [03212], and came [0935] into the forest [03293] of Hareth [02802].