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Verse 1 Samuel 30:15. _SWEAR UNTO ME_] At the conclusion of this
verse, the _Vulgate, Syriac_, and _Arabic_ add, that _David swore to
him_. This is not expressed in the _Hebrew_, but is necessarily
im...
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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
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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...
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COMPANY. troop, as 1 Samuel 30:8....
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The pursuit
7. _bring me hither the ephod_ He desired to consult God by means of
the Urim and Thummim, as before at Keilah (1 Samuel 23:9)....
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_company_ TROOP, as in 1 Samuel 30:8, and again in 1 Samuel 30:23. It
is the regular word for a band of roving plunderers. Cp. Psalms 18:29.
Is it fanciful to think that David there refers to this suc...
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I WILL BRING THEE DOWN TO THIS COMPANY— Houbigant adds after these
words, _and David sware to him;_ following the Syriac and Arabic. The
words might certainly be understood, if they are not expressed....
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_David's Pursuit of His Enemies._ 1 Samuel 30:7-20
7 And David said _to_ Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray
thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the
ephod to David....
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_AND DAVID SAID TO HIM, CANST THOU BRING ME DOWN TO THIS COMPANY? AND
HE SAID, SWEAR UNTO ME BY GOD, THAT THOU WILT NEITHER KILL ME, NOR
DELIVER ME INTO THE HANDS OF MY MASTER, AND I WILL BRING THEE D...
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THE AMALEKITES RAID ZIKLAG, AND ARE PURSUED BY DAVID
2. Slew not any] They would be valuable as slaves....
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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...
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BY GOD. — The oath was to be by “Elohim,” not by Jehovah, of
whom the Egyptian knew nothing.
AND I WILL BRING THEE DOWN. — His accurate knowledge of the route
taken by the Amalekites, and his clear a...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ דָּוִ֔ד הֲ
תֹורִדֵ֖נִי אֶ
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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...
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A BLOW THAT LED BACK TO GOD
1 Samuel 30:1
As David was leaving the battlefield, a number of men of Manasseh fell
to him, 1 Chronicles 12:20, so his following was greatly increased. It
was as if God h...
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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...
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And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And
he said, (g) Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor
deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring the...
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_Him. David did not require this slave to betray his master, for the
latter had lost all his claim, and David had acquired it by relieving
the distressed. Si herus negaverit servo suo alimenta, & aliu...
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(11) And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to
David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink
water; (12) And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two
clu...
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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 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...
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AND DAVID SAID UNTO HIM, CANST THOU ME DOWN TO THIS COMPANY?.... That
is, show him, or direct him where they were:
AND HE SAID, SWEAR UNTO ME BY GOD; the Targum is, by the Word of the
Lord; but it is...
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And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And
he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor
deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee do...
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_Nor deliver me into the hand of my master_ It is likely his master
had been cruel to him, and therefore he had no mind to serve him any
longer. _I will bring thee down to this company_ For, it is pro...
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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...
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And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company, to
the place where the raiding troop had its permanent camp? AND HE SAID,
SWEAR UNTO ME BY GOD THAT THOU WILT NEITHER KILL ME NOR DELIV...
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DAVID RECOVERS THE SPOIL...
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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,...
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7-15 If in all our ways, even when, as in this case, there can be no
doubt they are just, we acknowledge God, we may expect that he will
direct our steps, as he did those of David. David, in tenderne...
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For his master had told him whither they intended to go, that he might
come after them as soon as he could....
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1 Samuel 30:15 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) down H3381 (H8686) troop
H1416 said H559 (H8799) Swear...
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DAVID AND HIS MEN PURSUE THE AMALEKITES AND DESTROY THEM, RECOVERING
ALL THAT THEY HAD LOST AND MORE IN ABUNDANCE (1 SAMUEL 30:7).
The Amalekites, aware that any opposition to what they had done was
s...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.”...
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DAVID RESCUES HIS WIVES FROM THE AMALEKITES (1 Samuel 30:1).
EXPOSITION
DAVID UPON HIS RETURN FINDS ZIKLAG BURNT BY T
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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...
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Will bring thee — For his master had told him whither they intended
to go, that he might come after them, as soon as he could....