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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

1 Samuel 30:24

Who will hearken unto you? what wise or just man will be of your opinion in this matter? They shall part alike; a prudent and equitable constitution, and therefore practised by the Romans, as Polybius and others note. The reason of it is manifest, because they were exposed to hazards as well as their brethren, and were a reserve to whom they might retreat in case of a defeat; and they were now in a vital service, and in the station in which their general had placed them.

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See also 1 Samuel 30:24 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 30 _ 1. The Amalekites destroy Ziklag (1 Samuel 30:1)_ 2. David's distress and return unto the Lord (1 Samuel 30:6) 3. David pursues the Amalekites (1 Samuel 30:9) 4. The young Egyptian

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 SAMUEL 30. AMALEKITE RAID ON ZIKLAG._ Cf._ above. 1 SAMUEL 30:1. On reaching Ziklag, David found that the Amalekites had sacked the town and carried off the families and property of himself and hi...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _For who_, &c. Better, AND WHO WILL HEARKEN UNTO YOU AS REGARDS THIS SAYING? A negative answer is implied: No one; for, &c. The Sept. adds, "for they are not inferior to us." _as his part_, &c. The ru...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The division of the spoil 22. _Then answered_, &c. THEN ANSWERED EVERY WICKED MAN AND EVERY WORTHLESS MAN … BECAUSE THEY WENT NOT WITH ME. Each spoke for himself, in the true spirit of selfishness....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    YE SHALL NOT DO SO, MY BRETHREN— David pronounced, in contrariety to the inhuman resolutions of some evil men who attended him, that they who went down to battle, and they who stayed behind to guard t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _David's Goodwill Toward Judah._ 1 Samuel 30:21-31 21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor:...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN ANSWERED ALL THE WICKED MEN AND MEN OF BELIAL, OF THOSE THAT WENT WITH DAVID, AND SAID, BECAUSE THEY WENT NOT WITH US, WE WILL NOT GIVE THEM OUGHT OF THE SPOIL THAT WE HAVE RECOVERED, SAVE TO EV...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE AMALEKITES RAID ZIKLAG, AND ARE PURSUED BY DAVID 2. Slew not any] They would be valuable as slaves....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 30 DAVID FIGHTS THE *AMALEKITES V1 David and his men arrived at Ziklag three days later. The *Amalekites had attacked the southern part of th...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ מִי֙ יִשְׁמַ֣ע לָכֶ֔ם לַ † דָּבָ֖ר...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXXV. _ DAVID AT ZIKLAG._ 1 Samuel 30:1. AFTER David had received from King Achish the appointment of captain of his body guard, he had with his troops accompanied the Philistine army, passi...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SHARING THE SPOIL 1 Samuel 30:16 He that lays hold on God's strength will be courteous in his behavior to the weak and weary, and will not quail before the clamor of men of Belial. Thus we are not su...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Being thus delivered, David returned to Ziklag. In his absence it had been sacked by the Amalekites. Immediately the true spirit of patriotic heroism was stirred within him, and he moved with rapid de...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Alike. Nothing could be more just and prudent; as this decision prevents continual murmurs and inconveniences. Those who are left behind, are bound to defend the baggage at the hazard of their lives,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (21) В¶ And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 AND 30. In chapter 29 God, in His loving-kindness, brings David out of his difficulty by means of the jealousy of the lords of the Philistines. Nevertheles...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR WHO WILL HEARKEN UNTO YOU IN FIT IS MATTER?,.... No wise and just man will take on your side of the question, and join with you in excluding your brethren from a share in the spoil: BUT AS HIS PA...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part [is] that goeth down to the battle, so [shall] his part [be] that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. Ver. 24. _For who will he...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Ye shall not do so, my brethren_ He uses his authority to overrule their intention; but manages the matter with all sweetness, though they were such wicked and unreasonable men, calling them brethren...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Amalekites spoile Ziklag. 4 Dauid asking counsell, is encouraged by God to pursue them. 11 By the meanes of a reuiued Egyptian, he is brought to the enemies, and recouereth all the spoile. 22...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For who will hearken unto you in this matter? The majority would certainly not share their selfish sentiments. BUT AS HIS PART IS THAT GOETH DOWN TO THE BATTLE, SO SHALL HIS PART BE THAT TARRIETH BY T...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPOIL...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Returning to Ziklag, David and his men find themselves described by the meaning of Zikiag's name, "enveloped in grief." They had been at least some days away, and the Amalekites had invaded the land,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    21-31 What God gives us, he designs we should do good with. In distributing the spoil, David was just and kind. Those are men of Belial indeed, who delight in putting hardships upon their brethren, an...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 30:24 heed H8085 (H8799) matter H1697 part H2506 down H3381 (H8802) (H8675) H3381 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID DECLARES THAT ALL MUST SHARE THE CREDIT FOR THE VICTORY, BOTH THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND THOSE WHO GUARDED THE BAGGAGE, BECAUSE THE VICTORY WAS YHWH'S (1 SAMUEL 30:21). David's concern for all his men...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David avenges the destruction of Ziglag. CHARACTERS: God, David, Abiathar, an Egyptian. CONCLUSION: When we go abroad to tarry for a while with the enemies of God's people, we may expect t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 30:7. _Abiathar brought the ephod._ None but the priest could wear this, and as the highpriest could not consult the oracle without the knowledge of his sovereign, Abiathar wore the ephod, an...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And David came to the two hundred men which were so faint that they could not follow._ THE STATUTE OF DAVID FOR THE SHARING OF THE SPOIL I. I shall begin by saying, first, that faint ones occur eve...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _When David and his men were come to Ziklag._ DAVID IN THREE SITUATIONS at Ziklag in his distress, on his way to the Amalekites, and among the Amalekites. I. David in his distress. See in it the fr...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 30:1. “THE SOUTH,” or the _Negeb_, the south country, so called by the Israelites as being the southern part of Palentine. 1 Samuel 30:2. “THEY SLEW NOT ANY.”...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    DAVID RESCUES HIS WIVES FROM THE AMALEKITES (1 Samuel 30:1). EXPOSITION DAVID UPON HIS RETURN FINDS ZIKLAG BURNT BY T

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And when they got back to Ziklag they found that the Amalekites had invaded the land (1 Samuel 30:1); Now here's something quite interesting. The Amalekites were the ones that God ordered utterly exte...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 25:13; Joshua 22:8; Numbers 31:27; Psalms 68:12...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Part alike — A prudent and equitable constitution, and therefore practiced by the Romans, as Polybius and others note. The reason of it is manifest; because they were exposed to hazards, as well as th...

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