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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 27:10

Made a road] RV 'made a raid.' The south of the Jerahmeelites] Jerahmeel was one of the divisions of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:9). The barren south was naturally named after the fertile lands on which it bordered: the' south of Judah,' 'of Jerahmeel,' and so on. The deception was that Achish understood that David had smitten the Hebrew inhabitants of the lands bordering on the desert, whereas he had smitten the nomad tribes who dwelt in the actual desert.

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See also 1 Samuel 27:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 27:10. _WHITHER HAVE YE MADE A ROAD TODAY?_] He had probably been in the habit of making predatory excursions. This seems to be implied in the question of Achish....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE JERAHMEELITES - i. e. the descendants of Jerahmeel, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah (marginal references). They were therefore a portion of the “south of Judah.” THE KENITES...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 Samuel 27:1 to 1 Samuel 28:2. DAVID AT GATH (J). Sequel to 1 Samuel 26:25 (_cf._ 1 Samuel 21:10)....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHITHER. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "against whom". ROAD. raid. SOUTH. Hebrew the _Negeb_ or hill country south of Judah....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    David's raids upon neighbouring tribes 8. _the Geshurites_ A tribe dwelling south of Philistia near the Amalekites (see Joshua 13:2), to be distinguished from the Geshurites in Syria (2 Samuel 15:8)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Whither_ The Heb. word does not mean _whither_, and must be emended. It is best to follow the Sept. and Vulg. in reading "against whom." _have ye made a road_ The same word as that translated "invade...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AGAINST THE SOUTH, &C.— The answer was true, but ambiguous; for all those people actually dwelt on the south of Judah. But Achish understood the answer as meaning that the incursion was made on Judah,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _David's Pretended Campaign Against Judah._ 1 Samuel 27:8-12 8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those _nations were_ of old the inh...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND ACHISH SAID, WHITHER HAVE YE MADE A ROAD TO DAY? AND DAVID SAID, AGAINST THE SOUTH OF JUDAH, AND AGAINST THE SOUTH OF THE JERAHMEELITES, AND AGAINST THE SOUTH OF THE KENITES._ Achish said, Whith...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    27:10 south (a-16) south (a-22) south (a-29) Those portions of the _ Negeb_ inhabited respectively by Judah, the Jerahmeelites, and the Kenites. see Judges 1:16 ....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND DAVID SAID, AGAINST THE SOUTH OF JUDAH. — The answer of David to his sovereign lord, the King of Gath — for he was now, to all intents and purposes, a vassal prince of Achish — was simply a falseh...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אָכִ֔ישׁ אַל ־פְּשַׁטְתֶּ֖ם הַ יּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

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

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the (e) Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. (e) A family of...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Jerameel, the son of Esron, inhabited the most southern part of Juda. --- Ceni, or the Cinites, descendants of Jethro, (Calmet) who dwelt at Arad and the environs. The words of David might signify tha...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (8) В¶ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND ACHISH SAID, WHITHER HAVE YE MADE A ROAD TODAY?.... Or whither had they rushed in, or poured in and spread themselves? or where had they made their excursion to fetch in the prey and booty they no...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. Ver. 10. _Whither ha...

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

    _David said, Against the south of Judah_, &c. David expressed himself thus ambiguously that Achish might suppose he had assaulted the land of Judah; whereas he had only fallen upon those people who bo...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Achish said, it was his custom to ask, WHITHER HAVE YE MADE A ROAD TODAY? referring to their latest raid. AND DAVID SAID, AGAINST THE SOUTH OF JUDAH AND AGAINST THE SOUTH OF THE JERAHMEELITES AND...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    David's Campaign Against the Heathen...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WHITHER HAVE YE MADE A ROAD TODAY: Or, did you not make a road, etc....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-12 While David was in the land of the Philistines, he attacked some remains of the devoted nations. The people whom he cut off were long before doomed to destruction. It is often wisdom to shun pub...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AGAINST THE SOUTH OF JUDAH: these and the following words are ambiguous; for they may be understood, either of the southern parts from Judah, &c., which he would have Achish understand; or of another...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 27:10 Achish H397 say H559 (H8799) Where H408 raid H6584 (H8804) today H3117 David H1732 say...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 27:10 The NEGEB was the area east and west of Beersheba and north of Kadesh-barnea. David would tell Achish that he attacked Judahite, Jerahmeelite, or Kenite settlements in...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    DAVID FINDS A REFUGE AT ZIKLAG (1 Samuel 27:1.). EXPOSITION DAVID AGAIN SEEKS PROTECTION AT GATH (1 Samuel 27

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 2:25; 1 Chronicles 2:9; 1 Samuel 15:6; 1 Samuel 21:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    David — These and the following words are ambiguous, and contrary to that simplicity which became David, both as a prince, and as an eminent professor of the true religion. The fidelity of Achish to h...

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