1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 30:1 THE THIRD DAY. It was about 50 miles (81 km) from Aphek to Ziklag. The Amalekites surely knew that the bulk of the armies of Philistia and Judah had gone to battle in the north, and they had taken advantage of the situation to RAID Ziklag. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.... [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 30:6 BUT DAVID STRENGTHENED HIMSELF IN THE LORD HIS GOD. Rather than despairing over the destruction of Ziklag, David turns to God in prayer and worship (see Psalms 56:3). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 30:9 If the hypothesis is correct that Ziklag was Tel esh-Sheriah and the BROOK BESOR was Wadi Ghazzeh, this takes place about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Ziklag. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 30:11 BREAD here may refer simply to bread, or it may be a general term for food. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 30:14 The NEGEB OF THE CHERETHITES is probably southern Philistia (see Ezekiel 25:16 and Zephaniah 2:5, where “Cherethites” seems to be a synonym for “Philistines”). The NEGEB OF CALEB is the area south of Hebron. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = do [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 30:17 The word translated TWILIGHT usually means “dusk” but occasionally it can mean “dawn.” The meaning of the word here is not clear. If it means “dawn,” David and his men probably waited until morning to attack in order to avoid killing their own people or letting the Am... [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 30:25 RULE is translated elsewhere as “custom” (1 Samuel 2:13), “ways” (1 Samuel 8:11), and “rights and duties” (1 Samuel 10:25). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 30:26 DAVID generously distributes the spoils of victory to all who sided with him. He even gives gifts to others who will soon be his subjects. HEBRON was the major city in the area. BETHEL is not the famous Bethel (1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 10:3; 1 Samuel 13:2) but an other... [ Continue Reading ]