Verse 1

Introduction

Overview

1 Samuel 27 . 1 , Saul , hearing David to be in Gath , seeks no more for him; 1 Samuel 27 . 5 , David begs Ziklag of Achish; 1 Samuel 27 . 8 , He , invading other countries , persuades Achish he fought against Judah.

am 2946 , bc 1058 , An , Ex , Is 433

And David . 1 Samuel 16 . 1 , 1 Samuel 16 . 13 , 1 Samuel 23 . 17 , 1 Samuel 25 . 30 , Psalm 116 . 11 , Proverbs 13 . 12 , Isaiah 40 . 27-31 , Isaiah 51 . 12 , Matthew 14 . 31 , Mark 4 . 40 , 2 Corinthians 7 . 5

I shall . This was a rash conclusion . God had caused him to be anointed king of Israel , and promised his accession to the throne , and had so often interposed in his behalf , that he was authorised to believe the very re#### Verse.

perish . Heb. be consumed

there is nothing . 1 Samuel 22 . 5 , Exodus 14 . 12 , Numbers 14 . 3 , Proverbs 3 . 5 , Proverbs 3 . 6 , Isaiah 30 . 15 , Isaiah 30 . 16 , Lamentations 3 . 26 , Lamentations 3 . 27

into the land . 1 Samuel 27 . 10 , 1 Samuel 27 . 11 , 1 Samuel 21 . 10-15 , 1 Samuel 28 . 1 , 1 Samuel 28 . 2 , 1 Samuel 29 . 2-11 , 1 Samuel 30 . 1-3

Reciprocal . Genesis 12 . 12 . will kill Genesis 14 . 7 . Amalekites Genesis 19 . 19 . lest some Genesis 34 . 30 . and I shall Genesis 42 . 36 . all these things are against me Judges 15 . 18 . and fall 1 Samuel 20 . 3 . but truly 1 Samuel 23 . 14 . Saul 2 Samuel 22 . 1 . and out 1 Kings 12 . 26 . Now shall 1 Kings 19 . 3 . he arose 2 Kings 8 . 2 . land Psalm 11 . 1 . how Psalm 31 . 22 . I said Psalm 34 . 4 . from Psalm 55 . 7 . General Psalm 56 . 8 . tellest Psalm 142 . 4 . refuge Proverbs 24 . 10 . thou Proverbs 27 . 8 . man Proverbs 29 . 25 . fear Lamentations 3 . 18 . General Acts 25 . 11 . I appeal 2 Corinthians 1 . 8 . insomuch

Verse 2

David . This measure of David's , in uniting himself to the enemies of his God and people , was highly blameable; was calculated to alienate the affections of the Israelites; and led to equivocation , if not downright falsehood.

the six . 1 Samuel 25 . 13 , 1 Samuel 30 . 8

Achish . 1 Samuel 21 . 10 , 1 Kings 2 . 40

Reciprocal . Judges 11 . 3 . vain men 2 Samuel 2 . 3 . his men 1 Kings 2 . 39 . Achish 2 Kings 12 . 17 . against Gath 1 Chronicles 12 . 1 . these are

Reciprocal . Joshua 10 . 2 . the royal cities

Verse 6

Ziklag . Ziklag was at first given to the tribe of Judah , but was afterwards ceded to that of Simeon; but as it bordered on the Philistines , if they had ever been expelled , they had retaken it. Eusebius simply says it was situated in the south of Canaan. 1 Samuel 30 . 1 , 1 Samuel 30 . 14 , 1 Samuel 19 . 5 , 2 Samuel 1 . 1 , 1 Chronicles 4 . 30 , 1 Chronicles 12 . 1 , 1 Chronicles 12 . 20 , Nehemiah 11 . 28

Reciprocal . Joshua 15 . 31 . Ziklag Joshua 19 . 5 . Ziklag

Verse 7

the time . Heb. the number of days

a full year . Heb. a year of days , 1 Samuel 29 . 3

Verse 8

am 2948 , bc 1056 , An , Ex , Is , 435

the Geshurites . Joshua 13 . 2 , Joshua 13 . 13 , 2 Samuel 13 . 37 , 2 Samuel 13 . 38 , 2 Samuel 14 . 23 , 2 Samuel 14 . 32 , 2 Samuel 15 . 8 , 1 Chronicles 2 . 23

Gezrites . or , Gerzites , These people seem to be the Gerrhenians . 2; Mac 13 . 24 whose chief city , Gerrha , is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza and Pelusium in Egypt.

the Amalekites . Joshua 16 . 10 , Judges 1 . 29 , 1 Kings 9 . 15-17

as thou goest . 1 Samuel 15 . 7 , 1 Samuel 15 . 8 , 1 Samuel 30 . 1 , Exodus 17 . 14-16

Reciprocal . Numbers 24 . 20 . his latter end Deuteronomy 25 . 19 . thou shalt Joshua 12 . 5 . unto the 2 Samuel 1 . 8 . an Amalekite 2 Samuel 3 . 3 . Geshur 1 Chronicles 18 . 11 . Amalek

Verse 9

left neither . 1 Samuel 15 . 7 , Genesis 16 . 7 , Genesis 25 . 18 , Exodus 15 . 22

and the camels . 1 Samuel 15 . 3 , Deuteronomy 25 . 17-19 , Joshua 6 . 21

Reciprocal . Exodus 17 . 14 . for I will Numbers 24 . 20 . his latter end Numbers 31 . 7 . all 2 Kings 9 . 15 . none go forth 1 Chronicles 18 . 11 . Amalek

Verse 10

Whither . etc. or , Did you not make a road

And David . 1 Samuel 21 . 2 , Genesis 27 . 19 , Genesis 27 . 20 , Genesis 27 . 24 , Joshua 2 . 4-6 , 2 Samuel 17 . 20 , Psalm 119 . 29 , Psalm 119 . 163 , Proverbs 29 . 25 , Galatians 2 . 11-13 , Ephesians 4 . 25

Against . David here meant the Geshurites , and Gezrites , and Amalekites , which people occupied that part of the country which lies to the south of Judah. But Achish , as was intended , understood him in a different sense , and believed that he had attacked his own countrymen. David's answer , therefore , though not an absolute falsehood , was certainly an equivocation intended to deceive , and therefore incompatible with that sense of truth and honour which became him as a prince , and a professor of true religion. From these , and similar passages , we may observe the strict impartiality of the Sacred Scriptures. They present us with the most faithful delineation of human nature; they exhibit the frailties of kings , priests , and prophets , with equal truth; and examples of vice and frailty , as well as of piety and virtue , are held up , that we may guard against the errors to which the best men are exposed.

the Jerahmeelites . 1 Chronicles 2 . 9 , 1 Chronicles 2 . 25

Kenites . 1 Samuel 15 . 6 , Numbers 24 . 21 , Judges 1 . 16 , Judges 4 . 11 , Judges 5 . 24

Reciprocal . Genesis 13 . 1 . the south Judges 16 . 7 . If they bind 1 Samuel 27 . 1 . into the land 1 Samuel 28 . 2 . Surely 1 Samuel 30 . 29 . Jerahmeelites

Verse 11

Lest . 1 Samuel 22 . 22 , Proverbs 12 . 19 , Proverbs 29 . 25

Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 27 . 1 . into the land 1 Samuel 30 . 2 . slew not 2 Samuel 17 . 20 . They be gone Jeremiah 41 . 4 . after

Verse 12

utterly to abhor . Heb. to stink , 1 Samuel 13 . 4 , Genesis 34 . 30

Reciprocal . Exodus 5 . 21 . to be abhorred Exodus 21 . 6 . for ever 1 Samuel 28 . 1 . thou shalt go 2 Samuel 10 . 6 . stank 2 Samuel 16 . 21 . then shall 2 Samuel 17 . 20 . They be gone 1 Chronicles 19 . 6 . odious