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Verse 1 Samuel 28:2. _SURELY THOU SHALT KNOW WHAT THY SERVANT CAN
DO_] This was another equivocal answer; and could only be understood
by his succeeding conduct. It might imply what he _could do_ in...
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THOU SHALT KNOW ... - David dissembled (compare also 1 Samuel 29:8),
hoping, no doubt, that something would happen to prevent his fighting
against his king and country.
KEEPER OF MINE HEAD - Captain...
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7. SAUL AND THE WITCH AT ENDOR
CHAPTER 28
_ 1. David fully joined to Achish (1 Samuel 28:1)_
2. Forsaken Saul (1 Samuel 28:3)
3. The command to seek a witch (1 Samuel 28:7)
4. Saul's visit t
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1 SAMUEL 28:2 is continued by 1 Samuel 29:1; the _connexion is_ broken
by the insertion of
1 SAMUEL 28:3. SAUL AND THE WITCH OF ENDOR. This section interrupts
the connexion; moreover, it would come n...
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_Surely thou shalt know_ Better, THEREFORE NOW SHALT THOU KNOW:
reading _now_for _thou_with the Sept. and Vulg. David's answer is
designedly ambiguous. He is placed in a perplexing dilemma. It seems
a...
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IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS— The Philistines, recruited about this
time, as Sir Isaac Newton judges, by vast numbers of men driven out of
Egypt by Amasis, resolve upon a new war with Israel; nor wer...
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Preparations for Saul's Last Battle, 1 Samuel 28:1 to 1 Samuel 29:11.
_David With Achish in Battle._ 1 Samuel 28:1-2
And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their
armies toge...
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_AND DAVID SAID TO ACHISH, SURELY THOU SHALT KNOW WHAT THY SERVANT CAN
DO. AND ACHISH SAID TO DAVID, THEREFORE WILL I MAKE THEE KEEPER OF
MINE HEAD FOR EVER._
Surely thou shalt know what thy servant...
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28:2 person (c-28) Lit. 'head.'...
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KEEPER OF MINE HEAD] i.e. captain of my body-guard....
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SAUL AND THE WITCH OF ENDOR
1 Samuel 28:3 come from another document and interrupt the connexion,
as will be seen if the account is read without them. In order of time
their proper position is after 1...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 28
V1 Later, the *Philistines gathered their army to fight the
*Israelites. Achish said to David, ‘You must realise that you and
your men must...
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AND DAVID SAID TO ACHISH. — Sorely perplexed, David temporises. He
dares not refuse; and yet, the idea of commanding a Philistine
division in a war with Israel was to him a terrible alternative.
AND A...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל ־אָכִ֔ישׁ
לָכֵן֙ אַתּ
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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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RESORTING TO A FAMILIAR SPIRIT
1 Samuel 28:1
This chapter records the climax to which Saul's sins led, and which
sealed his fate. See 1 Chronicles 10:13. He went back to that which he
had put away an...
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It is strange how this story has been made to serve in defense of
things occult, which, as a matter of fact, it condemns. Let it be
carefully read, and it becomes perfectly patent that this woman had...
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Do; or "can do." Thou wilt be convinced of my valour and fidelity.
(Haydock) --- But could David lawfully fight against his brethren? or
could he desert Achis in the heat of the engagement? His answer...
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(2) And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant
can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of
mine head forever.
The situation of David was critical. Ho...
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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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Saul, as well as Israel at present, was in a still worse position,
having succour neither from God nor from the enemy. Saul is forsaken
of God. Samuel is dead; so that Israel is no longer in connectio...
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AND DAVID SAID TO ACHISH, SURELY THOU SHALT KNOW WHAT THY SERVANT CAN
DO,.... By which he would have Achish understand, and so he did, that
he would exert himself in favour of the Philistines, and aga...
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And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can
do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of
mine head for ever.
Ver. 2. _Surely thou shalt know what thy s...
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_David said, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do_ He
answered ambiguously, as he did before. _Achish said, Therefore will I
make thee keeper of my head_ That is, he promised to make him cap...
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1 Achish putteth confidence in Dauid.
3 Saul hauing destroyed the witches,
4 and now in his feare forsaken of God,
7 seeketh to a witch.
9 The witch, encouraged by Saul, raiseth vp Samuel.
15 Sau...
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And David said to Achish, Surely, since circumstances were of such a
nature, THOU SHALT KNOW WHAT THY SERVANT CAN DO. David's answer was
purposely evasive and ambiguous, but Achish took it to promise...
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THE CONSULTATION WITH THE WITCH...
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The inevitable conflict between Israel and the Philistines arises
again, and David finds himself in an unpleasant situation Achish tells
him that he and his men must accompany Achish to fight against...
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1-6 David could not refuse Achish without danger. If he promised
assistance, and then stood neuter, or went over to the Israelites, he
would behave with ingratitude and treachery. If he fought agains...
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DAVID speaks ambitiously, as he did before, that Achish might
understand him, as he did, of his acting for him against the
Israelites; whereas he meant it of his acting for the Israelites
against the...
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1 Samuel 28:2 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) Achish H397 Surely H3651
know H3045 (H8799) servant H5650 do...
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CONTENTS: David among Israel's enemies. Saul consults the witch.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul, Samuel, Achish, witch.
CONCLUSION: Seek the Lord while He may be found for there is a time
when He will...
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1 Samuel 28:4. _Shunem,_ in the tribe of Issachar, not far from mount
Hermon.
1 Samuel 28:7. _A woman that hath a familiar spirit:_ a mistress of
OB. See Deuteronomy 18:11. The LXX read _pythoness,_ a...
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_The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight
with Israel._
NIGHT PRECEDING BATTLE
As the flash of lightning reveals the hidden scenery around, so the
reception of momentous n...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 28:1 After David has been with Achish for
over a year, the Philistines decide to attack Israel. Apparently they
wanted to gain control over the northern Jezreel Valley, a wid...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 28:1. “KNOW THOU ASSUREDLY.” Some expositors regard these
words of Achish as designed to try David: others think they express
the entire confidence which the k...
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DOWNFALL AND DEATH OF SAUL (CHS. 28-31.)
THE PHILISTINES GATHER TOGETHER FOR WAR. DISTRESS OF SAUL, AND VISIT
TO THE WITCH OF...
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So it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their
armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to
David, Know assuredly, that you shall go out to battle with...
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1 Samuel 27:10; 2 Samuel 16:16; Romans 12:9...
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Can do — He speaks ambiguously, as he did before....