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 account of the late raid, show that he was a person of no ordinary ability; he was probably an Egyptian merchant or wealthy trader captured in some border fray.
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...
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
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...
COMPANY. troop, as 1 Samuel 30:8....
_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...
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)....
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....
_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....
_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...
THE AMALEKITES RAID ZIKLAG, AND ARE PURSUED BY DAVID 2. Slew not any] They would be valuable as slaves....
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...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ דָּוִ֔ד הֲ תֹורִדֵ֖נִי אֶ
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
DAVID RECOVERS THE SPOIL...
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,...
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...
For his master had told him whither they intended to go, that he might come after them as soon as he could....
1 Samuel 30:15 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) down H3381 (H8686) troop H1416 said H559 (H8799) Swear...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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.”...
DAVID RESCUES HIS WIVES FROM THE AMALEKITES (1 Samuel 30:1). EXPOSITION DAVID UPON HIS RETURN FINDS ZIKLAG BURNT BY T
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...
1 Samuel 29:6; Deuteronomy 23:15; Deuteronomy 23:16; Ezekiel 17:13;...
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....