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1 Samuel 22:7

ye Benjamites Saul appeals to tribal jealousies. Will not David promote his own fellow-tribesmen rather than the Benjamites?

captains of thousands, &c. The sarcasm of these words gains point, if we may suppose that Saul had just heard of the organization of David's handful of men (1 Chronicles 12:16-18).

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See also 1 Samuel 22:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    YE BENJAMITES - Showing how isolated the tribes still were, and how for the most part Saul was surrounded by his own tribesmen only....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 22 _ 1. In the cave of Adullam (1 Samuel 22:1)_ 2. In Moab and Gad's message (1 Samuel 22:3) 3. Saul's discovery of David's visit to Nob (1 Samuel 22:6) 4. The murder of the priests ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN SAUL SAID UNTO HIS SERVANTS THAT STOOD ABOUT HIM, HEAR NOW, YE BENJAMITES; WILL THE SON OF JESSE GIVE EVERY ONE OF YOU FIELDS AND VINEYARDS, AND MAKE YOU ALL CAPTAINS OF THOUSANDS, AND CAPTAINS...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HEAR NOW, YE BENJAMITES. — We have here a fair specimen of Saul’s manner of ruling in his later years. It is no wonder that the heart of the people gradually was estranged from one of whom in earlier...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֗וּל לַֽ עֲבָדָיו֙ הַ נִּצָּב

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXIX. _ DAVID AT ADULLAM, MIZPEH, AND HARETH._ 1 Samuel 22:1. THE cave of Adullam, to which David fled on leaving Gath, has been placed in various localities even in modern times; but as the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye (f) Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, [and] make you all captains of thousands, and capt...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Jemini. Benjamites, my countrymen. Saul approaches them with being too little concerned about his interests, and falsely accuses his own son, who, it seems, had retired from court, after his father h...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (6) В¶ When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing abou...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SAUL SAID UNTO HIS SERVANTS THAT STOOD ABOUT HIM,.... He took this opportunity of addressing them in the following manner, upon the report of David being at the head of a certain number of men:...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, [and] make you all captains of thousands, and captains...

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

    _Having his spear in his hand_ It seems, as an ensign of majesty, for in old times kings carried a spear instead of a sceptre. _Ye Benjamites_ You that are of my own tribe and kindred, from whom David...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Companies resort vnto Dauid at Adullam. 3 At Mizpeh he commendeth his parents vnto the King of Moab. 5 Admonished by Gad, hee commeth to Hareth. 6 Saul going to pursue him, complaineth of his ser...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, it was a full assembly of all the members of the court, HEAR NOW, YE BENJAMITES, WILL THE SON OF JESSE GIVE EVERYONE OF YOU FIELDS AND VINEYARDS,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    SAUL TAKES REVENGE UPON THE PRIESTS OF NOB...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-19 See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language o...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    YE BENJAMITES; you that are of my own tribe and kindred, from whom David designs to translate the kingdom to another tribe, will he distribute profits and preferments amongst you BENJAMITES as I have...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 22:7 Saul H7586 said H559 (H8799) servants H5650 stood H5324 (H8737) Hear H8085 (H8798) Benjamites...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SAUL REVEALS HIS TRUE COLOURS (1 SAMUEL 22:6). While David was going through his period of refining, Saul was displaying his true colours. Unlike David he did not learn from his tribulations. He rath...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David in rejection gathers mighty men. His wanderings and dangers. CHARACTERS: David, Saul, Gad, Ahimelech, Doeg, Abiathar. CONCLUSION: Those who give way to jealousy are in a continual ag...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 22:10. _He enquired of the Lord for him._ This was a lie, which Doeg invented to ingratiate himself with Saul: 1 Samuel 22:22; Psalms 52:3....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And the prophet Gad said unto David._ A FRIEND AND A FOE I. The visit of Gad the seer. David had been brought very low through his own mistakes. God proved him in the hold. Then He sent to him. Whe...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 22:6. “ABODE UNDER A TREE,” etc. Rather, _was sitting under a tamarisk tree upon the height_. (For Ramah see Notes on 1 Samuel 1:1.) “Oriental princes frequentl...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION COMMENCEMENT OF DAVID'S LIFE AS AN OUTLAW. 1 SAMUEL 22:1 THE CAVE ADULLAM. According to Josephus this was situated near a city of the same name ('Ant.,'...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And he went from there, and he escaped to the cave at Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard of it, they went down to him there. And every one that was in distress, and every...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 12:16; 1 Samuel 18:14; 1 Samuel 20:27; 1 Samuel 20:30;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Ye Benjamites — You that are of my own tribe and kindred, from whom David designs to translate the kingdom to another tribe. Will he distribute profits and preferments among you Benjamites, as I have...

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