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Introduction
Overview
1 Samuel 29 . 1 , David marching with the Philistines , 1 Samuel 29 . 3 , is disallowed by their princes; 1 Samuel 29 . 6 , Achish dismisses him , with commendations of his fidelity.
the Philistines . 1 Samuel 28 . 1 , 1 Samuel 28 . 2
Aphek . 1 Samuel 4 . 1 , Joshua 19 . 30 , 1 Kings 20 . 30
Jezreel . 1 Samuel 28 . 4 , Joshua 19 . 18 , Judges 6 . 33 , 1 Kings 18 . 45 , 1 Kings 18 . 46 , 1 Kings 21 . 1 , 1 Kings 21 . 23 , 2 Kings 9 . 36 , Hosea 1 . 4-11
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 29 . 11 . And the Philistines 1 Samuel 31 . 1 . the Philistines 2 Samuel 4 . 4 . when the tidings 1 Kings 20 . 26 . Aphek 1 Chronicles 10 . 1 . the Philistines fought Psalm 108 . 11 . who hast
the lords . 1 Samuel 29 . 6 , 1 Samuel 29 . 7 , 1 Samuel 5 . 8-11 , 1 Samuel 6 . 4 , Joshua 13 . 3
but David . 1 Samuel 28 . 1 , 1 Samuel 28 . 2
Reciprocal . Judges 3 . 3 . five lords 1 Samuel 27 . 1 . into the land 2 Samuel 18 . 4 . by hundreds 1 Chronicles 10 . 1 . the Philistines fought 1 Chronicles 12 . 19 . when he came
Is not this David . These words seem to mark no definite time; and may be understood thus . "Is not this David , the servant of Saul the king of Israel , who has been with me for a considerable time?"
these days . 1 Samuel 27 . 7
found . 1 Samuel 25 . 28 , Daniel 6 . 5 , John 19 . 6 , Romans 12 . 17 , 1 Peter 3 . 16
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 28 . 1 . thou shalt go 1 Samuel 29 . 6 . I have not
Make this fellow . The princes reasoned wisely , according to the common practice of mankind; and it was well for David that they were such good politicians . it was ordered by a gracious Providence that they refused to let David go with them to this battle , in which he must have been either an enemy to his country , or false to his friends and to his trust. Had he fought for the Philistines , he would have fought against God and his country; and had he in the battle gone over to the Israelites , he would have deceived and become a traitor to the hospitable Achish. God therefore delivered him from such disgrace; and by the same kind Providence he was sent back to rescue his wives , and the wives and children of his people , from captivity. 1 Samuel 14 . 21 , 1 Chronicles 12 . 19 , Luke 16 . 8
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 29 . 9 . the princes 2 Samuel 3 . 25 . and to know 1 Chronicles 19 . 3 . but the princes Psalm 56 . 1 . when
1 Samuel 18 . 6 , 1 Samuel 18 . 7 , 1 Samuel 21 . 11 , Proverbs 27 . 14
the Lord . 1 Samuel 20 . 3 , 1 Samuel 28 . 10 , Deuteronomy 10 . 20 , Isaiah 65 . 16 , Jeremiah 12 . 16
thou hast . Matthew 5 . 16 , 1 Peter 2 . 12 , 1 Peter 3 . 16
thy going . Numbers 27 . 17 , 2 Samuel 3 . 25 , 2 Kings 19 . 27 , Psalm 121 . 8
I have not . 1 Samuel 29 . 3
the lords favour . etc. Heb. thou art not good in the eyes of the lords , Genesis 16 . 6 , Joshua 22 . 30 , *marg.
Reciprocal . Genesis 12 . 20 . General Judges 16 . 5 . the lords 1 Samuel 29 . 2 . the lords 1 Samuel 30 . 15 . Swear 1 Kings 18 . 10 . the Lord 1 Kings 21 . 2 . seem good to thee
displease . Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords , Numbers 22 . 34
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 1 . 17 . Go 1 Samuel 29 . 2 . the lords Acts 16 . 36 . and go
But what have . 1 Samuel 12 . 3 , 1 Samuel 17 . 29 , 1 Samuel 20 . 8 , 1 Samuel 26 . 18
with . Heb. before
that I may not . 1 Samuel 28 . 2 , 2 Samuel 16 . 18 , 2 Samuel 16 . 19 , Psalm 34 . 13 , Psalm 34 . 14 , Matthew 6 . 13
as an angel . 2 Samuel 14 . 17 , 2 Samuel 14 . 20 , 2 Samuel 19 . 27 , Galatians 4 . 14
the princes . 1 Samuel 29 . 4
Reciprocal . 1 Chronicles 19 . 3 . but the princes Jeremiah 38 . 5 . for
1 Samuel 30 . 1 , 1 Samuel 30 . 2 , Genesis 22 . 14 , Psalm 37 . 23 , Psalm 37 . 24 , 1 Corinthians 10 . 13 , 2 Peter 2 . 9
And the Philistines . 1 Samuel 29 . 1 , Joshua 19 . 18 , 2 Samuel 4 . 4
Jezreel . Jezreel , or Esdrelon , was a city of Issachar , afterwards celebrated as the residence of the kings of Israel , delightfully situated in the extensive and fertile plain of the same name , which extends from Scythopolis or Bethshan on the east to mount Carmel on the west. Eusebius and Jerome inform us , that it was in their time a place of considerable consequence , lying between Scythopolis on the east and Legio on the west; and the latter . onHosea 1 . 1-11. informs us that it was pretty near Maximianopolis. The Jerusalem Itinerary places it ten miles west from Scythopolis; and William of Tyre says it was called Little Gerinum in his time , and that there was a fine fountain in it , whose waters fell into the Jordan near Scythopolis. See note on 1 Samuel 29 . 1.
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 30 . 1 . were come 1 Chronicles 12 . 20 . As he went