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CHAPTER 27
_ 1. David's unbelief (1 Samuel 27:1)_
2. With Achish, King of Gath (1 Samuel 27:3)
3. His slaughter and deception 27:8-12)
David became despondent. After all the gracious evidences that...
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1 Samuel 27:1 to 1 Samuel 28:2. DAVID AT GATH (J). Sequel to 1 Samuel
26:25 (_cf._ 1 Samuel 21:10)....
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COUNTRY. Hebrew "field". Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of
Part) for country. App-6....
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_a full year and four months_ The Sept. reading "four months" is
improbable, though the Heb. might be rendered "a space of time, even
four months." Ch. 1 Samuel 29:3 implies a much longer residence. ...
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David's Second Flight to Gath, 1 Samuel 27:1-12.
_David Again in Gath._ 1 Samuel 27:1-7
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of
Saul: _there is_ nothing better for me t...
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_AND THE TIME THAT DAVID DWELT IN THE COUNTRY OF THE PHILISTINES WAS A
FULL YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS._
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines, х_
SADEH_ (H7704)] - field of the P...
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DAVID FLEES TO GATH, AND OBTAINS ZIKLAG FROM ACHISH
2. David's position now as the captain of 600 men was quite different
from what it was in 1 Samuel 21:10....
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A FULL YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS] The phrase probably means 'about four
months,' lit. 'days and four months.'
8 THE GESHURITES] were the inhabitants of a district in the S. of
Philistia: see Joshua 13:2....
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 27
DAVID LIVES WITH THE *PHILISTINES
V1 Then David thought, ‘I am sure that Saul will kill me one day.
But I have a good idea. I will go to t...
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A FULL YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS. — Keil calls attention to the exact
statement of time here as a proof of the historical character of the
whole narrative. The Hebrew expression, translated “a year,” is a...
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וַֽ יְהִי֙ מִסְפַּ֣ר הַ יָּמִ֔ים
אֲשֶׁר ־יָשׁ
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CHAPTER XXXIII
_ DAVID'S SECOND FLIGHT TO GATH._
1 Samuel 27:1; 1 Samuel 28:1; 1 Samuel 29:1.
WE are not prepared for the sad decline in the spirit of trust which
is recorded in the beginning of the...
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SUBSTITUTING POLICY FOR TRUST
1 Samuel 27:1
David had every assurance that he would be king. From Samuel, Jonathan
and Saul he had heard predictions of his coming exaltation; yet
suddenly he seems to...
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David's sense of his danger increased until he became almost
pessimistic, and he said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by
the hand of Saul." And who can wonder at, or blame him? Long and wear...
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_Months. Hebrew, "days and four months." The former expression denotes
a year; though some would have it, that David remained "four months
and a few days" in the country. He probably continued so many...
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(5) And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine
eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may
dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal cit...
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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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But David, after all, is only a man; and immediately after this
testimony that God was with him (a testimony that even Saul
acknowledged), his faith fails, and he passes over into the midst of
the ene...
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AND THE TIME THAT DAVID DWELT IN THE COUNTRY OF THE PHILISTINES,....
At Gath and Ziklag:
WAS A FULL YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS; or "days and four months"; days being
sometimes put for a year, Judges 17:10;...
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1 Saul hearing Dauid to be in Gath, seeketh no more for him.
5 Dauid beggeth Ziklag of Achish.
8 Hee inuading other countreys, perswadeth Achish he fought against
Iudah.
1 AND Dauid sayd in his hear...
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And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a
full year and four months. It was undoubtedly weakness of faith which
caused David to leave the territory of Judah, for he had exp...
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DAVID IN GATH AND ZIKLAG...
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So soon after David's admirable moral victory in Chapter 26, it is sad
to see his faith wavering in his decision "to escape to the land of
the Philistines." Did he not remember his experience with Ach...
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THE TIME:
_ Heb._ the number of days
A FULL YEAR:
_ Heb._ a year of days...
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1-7 Unbelief is a sin that easily besets even good men, when without
are fightings, and within are fears; and it is a hard matter to get
over them. Lord, increase our faith! We may blush to think tha...
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Heb. _days and four months_; _days_ being put for a _year_; as
LEVITICUS 25:29. Or, some _days and four months_, i.e. some days above
four months. Or, _some days and_ (for _even_, or _that is_, the
co...
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1 Samuel 27:7 time H4557 H3117 David H1732 dwelt H3427 (H8804) country
H7704 Philistines H6430 year H3117 four...
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CONTENTS: David down in the dumps.
CHARACTERS: David, Schish, Ahmoan, Abigail.
CONCLUSION: Unbelief is a sin that besets those who have been
undergoing long trials. It is no advantage to us when we...
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1 Samuel 27:8. _The Geshurites._ They were a branch of the Canaanites.
Joshua 12:5. Another branch of this people resided beyond the Jordan.
2Sa 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:15. _The Gezrites_ are the people of G...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 27:1 David and his men finally gain some
stability by serving the Philistine king Achish of Gath. David
pretends to be loyal to Achish by attacking various non-Israelite
peop...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 27:1. “SAUL SHALL DESPAIR,” or _“desist from me.”_
“The idea of the word is, to give a thing up as impossible or
useless.” _(Erdmann.)_
1 Samuel 27:2. “ACHISH,...
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DAVID FINDS A REFUGE AT ZIKLAG (1 Samuel 27:1.).
EXPOSITION
DAVID AGAIN SEEKS PROTECTION AT GATH (1 Samuel 27
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Now David made a negative confession in chapter twenty-seven, and if
what these people are preaching today, David would've been killed by
Saul. If what they say is true, "If you are what you say," if...
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1 Samuel 29:3...