_NOW THE PHILISTINES GATHERED TOGETHER ALL THEIR ARMIES TO APHEK: AND
THE ISRAELITES PITCHED BY A FOUNTAIN WHICH IS IN JEZREEL._
Aphek (Joshua 12:8) - in the tribe of Issachar, and in the plain of
Esdraelon. A person who compares the Bible account of Saul's last
battle with the Philistines with the... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish - as the
commander of the life-guards of Achish, who was general of this
invading army of the Philistines.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PRINCES OF THE PHILISTINES WERE WROTH WITH HIM; AND THE
PRINCES OF THE PHILISTINES SAID UNTO HIM, MAKE THIS FELLOW RETURN,
THAT HE MAY GO AGAIN TO HIS PLACE WHICH THOU HAST APPOINTED HIM, AND
LET HIM NOT GO DOWN WITH US TO BATTLE, LEST IN THE BATTLE HE BE AN
ADVERSARY TO US: FOR WHEREWITH S... [ Continue Reading ]
_IS NOT THIS DAVID, OF WHOM THEY SANG ONE TO ANOTHER IN DANCES,
SAYING, SAUL SLEW HIS THOUSANDS, AND DAVID HIS TEN THOUSANDS?_
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREFORE NOW RETURN, AND GO IN PEACE, THAT THOU DISPLEASE NOT THE
LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ACHISH ANSWERED AND SAID TO DAVID, I KNOW THAT THOU ART GOOD IN
MY SIGHT, AS AN ANGEL OF GOD: NOTWITHSTANDING THE PRINCES OF THE
PHILISTINES HAVE SAID, HE SHALL NOT GO UP WITH US TO THE BATTLE._
Achish answered ... I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel
of God. This phrase, which o... [ Continue Reading ]