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Verse 1 Samuel 21:15. _SHALL THIS_ FELLOW _COME INTO MY HOUSE?_] I
will not take into my service a man who is liable to so grievous a
disease. _Chandler_, who vindicates David's _feigning himself, ma...
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6. DAVID'S VARIED EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER 21
_ 1. David at Nob with Ahimelech (1 Samuel 21:1)_
2. David's flight to Achish, King of Gath (1 Samuel 21:10)
With this chapter begins the record of David's...
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1 SAMUEL 21. DAVID AT NOB AND GATH.
1 Samuel 21:1 (J). From one of the ancient documents; it is not clear
which of the previous sections finds its sequel here. It is often
connected with 1 Samuel 19:1...
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HAVE..... SHALL THIS... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6....
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David's flight to Gath
10. _and went to Achish_ In the extremity of peril, David was driven
to take refuge among Saul's bitterest enemies, and offer himself as a
servant to Achish (1 Samuel 21:15). He...
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_come into my house_ Be taken into my service. Cp. Psalms 101:7....
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_David At Gath._ 1 Samuel 21:10-15
10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to
Achish the king of Gath.
11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, _Is_ not this David king
o...
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_HAVE I NEED OF MAD MEN, THAT YE HAVE BROUGHT THIS FELLOW TO PLAY THE
MAD MAN IN MY PRESENCE? SHALL THIS FELLOW COME INTO MY HOUSE?_
Have I need of mad men? Jewish writers say that the wife and daugh...
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THE FLIGHT OF DAVID
David first of all flees to Nob, where Ahimelech supplies him with
food and gives him the sword of Goliath. He next takes refuge with
Achish at Gath....
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IN MY PRESENCE] rather, 'to my annoyance.'...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 21
DAVID GOES TO THE TOWN OF NOB
V1 David went and visited Ahimelech the priest. He lived in the town
of Nob. Ahimelech trembled when he went...
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_[1 Samuel 21:16]_ חֲסַ֤ר מְשֻׁגָּעִים֙
אָ֔נִי כִּי ־הֲבֵאתֶ֣ם
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
_ DAVID AT NOB AND AT GATH._
1 Samuel 21:1.
WE enter here on a somewhat painful part of David's history. He is not
living so near to God as before; and in consequence his course beco...
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FOOD AND WEAPON: A SIDE STEP
1 Samuel 21:1
David fled to Nob, at the north of the Mount of Olives, where
Ahimelech presided over the relics of the ancient sanctuary. His
suspicions were removed by an...
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Under such trying stress, the land itself seemed too hot to hold
David, and he takes refuge in flight. The story of his period of
exile, with its varied experiences, follows. His movements during this...
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Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this [fellow] to play the
mad man in my presence? (k) shall this [fellow] come into my house?
(k) Is he fit to be in a king's house....
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REFLECTIONS
BLESSED Redeemer! I cannot behold the show-bread which David craved
for himself and followers, from the hand of the Priest, without having
my soul led to contemplate thee, thou bread of li...
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(12) And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid
of Achish the king of Gath. (13) And he changed his behaviour before
them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on...
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We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from
what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to
restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...
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The elect king is now rejected. He repairs to the priest, who gives
him the hallowed bread, according to the sovereign grace of God, who
rises above the ordinances that are connected with blessing, wh...
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HAVE I NEED OF MADMEN?.... Or fools, do I want them? have not I enough
of them already at my court? I want wise men, and not fools and
madmen. The Jews say w that the wife and daughter of Achish were...
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Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this [fellow] to play the
mad man in my presence? shall this [fellow] come into my house?
Ver. 15. _Have I need of mad men?_] The Rabbis say that Achish's...
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_Have I need of madmen?_ It is highly probable that Achish was aware
this madness was counterfeit. But, being desirous to preserve David,
he spoke as if he thought it real....
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[DAUID AT NOB.]
1 Dauid at Nob, obtaineth of Ahimelech hallowed bread.
7 Doeg was present.
8 Dauid taketh Goliaths sword.
10 Dauid at Gath faineth himselfe madde.
1 THEN came Dauid to Nob, to Ahi...
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DAVID AT GATH...
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Have I need of madmen that ye have brought this fellow to play the
madman in my presence? The king evidently feared personal harm from
David, who, as he thought, had gone insane. While David's plan to...
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David came down to Nob, which was a cause of alarm to Ahimelech the
priest, who asks why he had no man with him. It would seem from the
history here that he had no-one identified with him, yet there m...
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10-15 God's persecuted people have often found better usage from
Philistines than from Israelites. David had reason to put confidence
in Achish, yet he began to be afraid. His conduct was degrading, a...
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I need wise men, not such fools or madmen as this is. I will not have
my court disgraced with entertaining such fellows....
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1 Samuel 21:15 need H2638 madmen H7696 (H8794) brought H935 (H8689)
madman H7696 (H8692) come H935 ...
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DAVID THE CHAMPION SLAYER IS HUMILIATED BEFORE THE KING OF GATH (1
SAMUEL 21:8).
It can surely not be a coincidence that in this passage David's
miserable time in Gath is preceded by a reminder of ano...
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CONTENTS: David flees to Ahimelech and Achish.
CHARACTERS: David, Ahimelech, Doeg, Achish.
CONCLUSION: If we would but trust God aright, we would not have to
resort to miserable and dishonoring devi...
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1 Samuel 21:1. _Nob;_ fifteen miles west of Jerusalem, and on the road
to Gath, where the wandering ark now rested. It was a little city of
priests. After they were all murdered, by Saul, the ark was...
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_Then came David to Nob._
ALMOST GONE
It is not easy to walk with God.
I. The steps of David’s declension. The first sign of what was
impending was his remark to Jonathan, that there was but a step...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 21:1 David begins his life as a fugitive.
He moves around from place to place, gathering a group of 400 men,
which later increases to 600. Saul is single-minded in his
determ...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 21:10 David apparently had the idea of
serving ACHISH (INTO MY HOUSE, v. 1 Samuel 21:15) as an a
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 21:1. The position of Nob cannot now be determined, only from
Isaiah 10:28, we gather that it was on the road northward between
Jerusalem and Anathoth. Porter i...
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DAVID'S FLIGHT TO NOB, AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE PHILISTINES (1 Samuel
21:1.).
EXPOSITION
DAVID'S FLIGHT TO NOB ...
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So David now fled to Nob to Ahimelech who was the priest: and
Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why are
you alone, why aren't there men with you? [You know David was a
cap...
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1 Samuel 21:15...
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Mad men — It is highly probable, Achish was aware, that this madness
was counterfeit. But being desirous to preserve David, he speaks as if
he thought it real....