PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — I Samuel
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 188,900 words · 450 reading sections
1 Samuel 24:13
1 Samuel 24:13 Ver. 13. As saith the proverb of the ancients,.... It is an old saying, has been long in use, and may be applied to the present case; or the "proverb of the ancient one"; of the oldest man, the first man Adam, and of all others after him, so Kimchi; or of the Ancient One of the world, the Ancient of day…
286 wordsSECTION 3621 Samuel 24:14
1 Samuel 24:14 Ver. 14. After whom is the king of Israel come out?.... From his court and palace, with an army of men, and at the head of them: after whom dost thou pursue? with such eagerness and fury: after a dead dog; as David was in the opinion, and according to the representation of his enemies, a dog, vile, me…
1,653 wordsSECTION 3631 Samuel 25:1
1 Samuel 25:1 INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 25 This chapter gives an account of the death of Samuel, and of the ill treatment David met with from Nabal; it begins with the death of Samuel, which was greatly lamented in Israel, 1Sa 25:1; it draws the character of Nabal, and his wife, 1Sa 25:2; records a message of Davi…
820 wordsSECTION 3641 Samuel 25:2
1 Samuel 25:2 Ver. 2. And [there was] a man in Maon,.... A city of the tribe of Judah, from whence the wilderness had its name before mentioned; of which place, see Jos 15:55; though Ben Gersom takes it to signify a dwelling place; and that this is observed to show, that he did not dwell in a city, but had his habitat…
361 wordsSECTION 3651 Samuel 25:3
1 Samuel 25:3 Ver. 3. Now the name of the man [was] Nabal,.... Which signifies a "fool"; one would think his parents should not give him this name, though it is a name proper enough to men in common; and Kimchi thinks this was a nickname, which men gave him agreeably to his genius and conduct, and which is not improba…
356 wordsSECTION 3661 Samuel 25:4
1 Samuel 25:4 Ver. 4. And David heard in the wilderness,.... In the wilderness of Paran, where he was, and a wilderness it was to him, being in want of food, as the following relation shows: that Nabal did shear his sheep; when there was generally good living, and so a proper person, and a proper time, for David to a…
68 wordsSECTION 3671 Samuel 25:5
1 Samuel 25:5 Ver. 5. And David sent out ten young men,.... Such persons, and such a number of them, he sent to show honour and reverence to Nabal: and David said, unto the young men, get ye up to Carmel; which lay higher than the wilderness, in which he was: and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name; ask him of his…
88 wordsSECTION 3681 Samuel 25:6
1 Samuel 25:6 Ver. 6. And thus shall ye say to him that liveth [in prosperity],.... That lives, while others, as David and his men, might be rather said to starve than live; they lived in great meanness, but he in great abundance, and therefore in a capacity to give to others, and particularly to relieve them: or the …
194 wordsSECTION 3691 Samuel 25:7
1 Samuel 25:7 Ver. 7. And now I have heard that thou hast shearers,.... Men employed in shearing his sheep, which was a time of feasting and gladness, and therefore David sent his young men to him at this time with his compliments upon it; and in order to obtain what he intended by this message to him, he observes the…
288 wordsSECTION 3701 Samuel 25:8
1 Samuel 25:8 Ver. 8. Ask thy young men, and they will show thee,.... The shepherds before mentioned, who kept their flocks hard by them: wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; the ten young men David sent to Nabal: for we are come in a good day; a day in which Nabal made a feast for his shearers, as…
221 wordsSECTION 3711 Samuel 25:9
1 Samuel 25:9 Ver. 9. And when David's young men came,.... To Carmel: they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David; they delivered their message punctually and exactly, in the very words, or however according to the purport of them, in David's name, as he enjoined them: and ceased: from spea…
122 wordsSECTION 3721 Samuel 25:10
1 Samuel 25:10 Ver. 10. And Nabal answered David's servants, and said,.... In a very haughty manner, in great wrath, just as churlish covetous persons do, when they do not care to give what is asked of them: who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jesse; his two questions, which relate to the same person, do not well…
325 wordsSECTION 3731 Samuel 25:11
1 Samuel 25:11 Ver. 11. Shall I then take my bread, and my water,.... Which include all food and liquors, everything eatable and drinkable; and "water" may be particularly mentioned, because very scarce in the wilderness, and so precious; though the Septuagint version has "wine" instead of "water": and my flesh which…
6,588 wordsSECTION 3741 Samuel 26:1
1 Samuel 26:1 INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 26 This chapter relates that Saul, upon the information of the Ziphites, went out again with an armed force to seek David, 1Sa 26:1; of which David having intelligence, and of the place where he pitched, came with one of his men and reconnoitred his camp, and finding Saul an…
407 wordsSECTION 3751 Samuel 26:2
1 Samuel 26:2 Ver. 2. Then Saul arose,.... Immediately, glad of an opportunity to seize on David, having the same disposition towards him as ever; and perhaps had repented he had not laid hold on him when he followed him out of the cave: and went down to the wilderness of Ziph: or towards it: having three thousand c…
115 wordsSECTION 3761 Samuel 26:3
1 Samuel 26:3 Ver. 3. And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] before Jeshimon, by the way,.... To the wilderness; the very same place where the Ziphites suggested David was: but David abode in the wilderness; not in the hill of Hachilah, but in the wilderness of Ziph itself: and he saw that Saul came af…
107 wordsSECTION 3771 Samuel 26:4
1 Samuel 26:4 Ver. 4. David therefore sent out spies,.... To observe if he was coming or come, and where he was, that he might not be surprised by him; for though David knew the Lord was and would be his protection, he thought proper to be upon his guard, and to make use of means for his safety: and understood that S…
92 wordsSECTION 3781 Samuel 26:5
1 Samuel 26:5 Ver. 5. And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched,.... Came near it, within sight of it; so that he could take a view of it with his naked eye, and observe where and in what manner he was encamped: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of hi…
292 wordsSECTION 3791 Samuel 26:6
1 Samuel 26:6 Ver. 6. Then answered David,.... Or addressed himself to the two following persons: and said to Ahimelech the Hittite; who was either an Hittite by birth, but was become a proselyte, or he was an Israelite that had dwelt among the Hittites, and so had this name given him; the former seems most probable;…
153 wordsSECTION 3801 Samuel 26:7
1 Samuel 26:7 Ver. 7. So David and Abishai came to the people by night,.... Josephus {l} wrongly says, that he took with him both Abishai and Ahimelech; he chose to have but one, for the greater secrecy. This was a bold enterprise, for two men to go into a camp of three thousand men, though it was in the night; when t…
263 wordsSECTION 3811 Samuel 26:8
1 Samuel 26:8 Ver. 8. Then said Abishai to David,.... Seeing Saul fast asleep, and a spear so near him: God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: or at this time, properly it was night: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear; with Saul's own spear, which was stuck in the ground at…
179 wordsSECTION 3821 Samuel 26:9
1 Samuel 26:9 Ver. 9. And David said to Abishai, destroy him not,.... He laid his commands upon him not to hurt him: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be guiltless? since Saul was king, and appointed to that office by the Lord, and was anointed by his order for it, and invested with …
103 wordsSECTION 3831 Samuel 26:10
1 Samuel 26:10 Ver. 10. And David said furthermore,.... In order to make Abishai easy, and prevent his doing what he proposed: [as] the Lord liveth; which was the form of an oath, made to assure Abishai of the truth of what follows, and therefore he need not be hasty to put Saul to death, since it would not be long b…
151 wordsSECTION 3841 Samuel 26:11
1 Samuel 26:11 Ver. 11. The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed,.... Or suffer any about him to do it; he speaks of it with the utmost detestation and abhorrence: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that [is] at his bolster; not to smite him with, as he desired, but to …
284 wordsSECTION 3851 Samuel 26:12
1 Samuel 26:12 Ver. 12. So David took the spear, and the cruse of water, from Saul's bolster,.... Abishai either refusing to take them, since he might not take away his life; or it may be rather David thought better of it, and took them himself, lest Abishai should be tempted, when so near to Saul, and his spear in hi…
272 wordsSECTION 3861 Samuel 26:13
1 Samuel 26:13 Ver. 13. Then David went over to the other side,.... To a hill on the other side, opposite to Hachilah, where Saul lay encamped; or "passed over the passage" {q}, the valley that lay between the two hills, and perhaps passed over a brook that ran in the valley, which is not unusual; so Josephus {r} says…
3,036 wordsSECTION 3871 Samuel 27:1
1 Samuel 27:1 INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 27 David, fearing he should perish by the hand of Saul at one time or another, went into the land of the Philistines, which Saul hearing of, sought no more after him, 1Sa 27:1; and finding favour in the eyes of the king of Gath, desired a place in his country might be given …
547 wordsSECTION 3881 Samuel 27:2
1 Samuel 27:2 Ver. 2. And David arose,.... From the place where he was: and he passed over; the borders of land of Canaan: with the six hundred men that [were] with him; having neither lost any, nor had any added to him, since he was at Keilah, 1Sa 23:13; unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath; whether this wa…
300 wordsSECTION 3891 Samuel 27:3
1 Samuel 27:3 Ver. 3. And David dwelt with Achish at Gath,.... The metropolis of his kingdom, called, 1Sa 27:5, the royal city: he and his men, every man with his household; or family; which they brought with them, to secure them from the malice of Saul; who in their absence might have destroyed them, as being the fa…
130 wordsSECTION 3901 Samuel 27:4
1 Samuel 27:4 Ver. 4. And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath,.... Who very probably had his spies out to watch his motions, and report to him where he was, and what he was doing: and he sought no more again for him; by which it seems as if he would have sought after him again, had he continued in the land o…
96 wordsSECTION 3911 Samuel 27:5
1 Samuel 27:5 Ver. 5. And David said unto Achish,.... After he had been some time with him: if I have now found grace in thine eyes; or was in favour, as he thought himself to be, by various instances of respect shown him: let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: he does not ask …
335 wordsSECTION 3921 Samuel 27:6
1 Samuel 27:6 Ver. 6. Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day,.... A city which in the division of the land was given to the tribe of Judah, and after that to the tribe of Simeon, Jos 15:31; though it seems not to have been possessed by either of them, at least not long, but soon came into the hands of the Philistines, w…
204 wordsSECTION 3931 Samuel 27:7
1 Samuel 27:7 Ver. 7. And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines,.... At Gath and Ziklag: was a full year and four months; or "days and four months"; days being sometimes put for a year, Jud 17:10; though some interpret it not of a year, but of some few days out of the fifth month, besides the fo…
171 wordsSECTION 3941 Samuel 27:8
1 Samuel 27:8 Ver. 8. And David and his men went up,.... From Ziklag, where they dwelt: and invaded the Geshurites; some of the old inhabitants of the land of Canaan, the remains of the Amorites, whose land was given to the half tribe of Manasseh, but could never be expelled; and therefore David had a just right to i…
227 wordsSECTION 3951 Samuel 27:9
1 Samuel 27:9 Ver. 9. And David smote the land,.... In which the above mentioned people dwelt, that is, the inhabitants of it: and left neither man nor woman alive; for these being the old Canaanites and Amalekites, according to the law of God were not to be spared, but utterly destroyed; which may be observed to rem…
158 wordsSECTION 3961 Samuel 27:10
1 Samuel 27:10 Ver. 10. 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 now brought? and David said, against the south of Judah; he meant against some people that lay t…
214 wordsSECTION 3971 Samuel 27:11
1 Samuel 27:11 Ver. 11. And David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring [tidings] to Gath,.... How David had fallen upon these people, and destroyed great numbers of them, and carried off their substance; which would have given great offence to Achish, and caused him to have driven him out of his country once mor…
436 wordsSECTION 3981 Samuel 27:12
1 Samuel 27:12 Ver. 12. And Achish believed David,.... As he would have him understand his story; imposing upon him by ambiguous terms, insinuating he had been against the southern parts of Judah, when he had been against foreign nations that lay to the south of Judah: saying, he hath made his people Israel utterly t…
166 wordsSECTION 3991 Samuel 28:1
1 Samuel 28:1 INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 28 The Philistines gathering together, to fight with Israel, Saul trembled at it, not being able to get any answer from the Lord about it in any way whatever, 1Sa 28:1; upon which he applies to a woman that had a familiar spirit to bring him up Samuel, which she did, 1Sa 28:…
331 wordsSECTION 4001 Samuel 28:2
1 Samuel 28:2 Ver. 2. 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 against Israel, and do great and brave things, of which Achish would be, made sensible, through his …
224 wordsSECTION 4011 Samuel 28:3
1 Samuel 28:3 Ver. 3. Now Samuel was dead,.... Had been so for some time; which is mentioned before, 1Sa 25:1; and here repeated, partly to observe the reason of the Philistines renewing the war, and partly to account for the conduct of Saul, in seeking to a witch to raise Samuel, and for the sake of that story: and …
317 wordsSECTION 4021 Samuel 28:4
1 Samuel 28:4 Ver. 4. And the Philistines gathered themselves together,.... From different parts, and formed a considerable army: and came and pitched in Shunem; a city, in the borders of the tribe of Issachar, of which See Gill on "Jos 19:18"; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa; a ran…
90 wordsSECTION 4031 Samuel 28:5
1 Samuel 28:5 Ver. 5. And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines,.... From the mountains of Gilboa, where he had pitched his camp: he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled; on sight of the numbers of them, and thinking perhaps of the death of Samuel, and of the loss of David; who was now among the Philistines…
109 wordsSECTION 4041 Samuel 28:6
1 Samuel 28:6 Ver. 6. And when Saul inquired of the Lord,.... And this being not done truly and heartily, nor continued in, it was as if he had not inquired, and especially after he had inquired of one that had a familiar spirit, as Kimchi observes; for so it is said, 1Ch 10:14; the Lord answered him not, neither by …
222 wordsSECTION 4051 Samuel 28:7
1 Samuel 28:7 Ver. 7. Then said Saul unto his servants,.... That waited upon him, to some of them, to such as he could place most confidence in to keep a secret; perhaps only the two after mentioned: seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her; that was mistress of the bottle…
341 wordsSECTION 4061 Samuel 28:8
1 Samuel 28:8 Ver. 8. And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment,.... Stripped himself of his royal robes, or military apparel, as supreme commander, and clothed himself in the habit of a peasant or a common soldier; and this not only that he might not be known by the woman, but that he might pass from his a…
279 wordsSECTION 4071 Samuel 28:9
1 Samuel 28:9 Ver. 9. And the woman said unto him,.... Not knowing who he was: behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done; for by his speech and habit she perceived he was an Israelite, and so must be acquainted with what had passed in the nation, especially of a public nature, and which made a great noise, as doubtles…
262 wordsSECTION 4081 Samuel 28:10
1 Samuel 28:10 Ver. 10. And Saul sware to her by the Lord,.... By the Word of the Lord, as the Targum: it is much that Saul, being about such a work of darkness and wickedness, could take the name of the Lord into his mouth, and swear by him in such a solemn manner; which must surely put him in mind of his omniscience…
160 wordsSECTION 4091 Samuel 28:11
1 Samuel 28:11 Ver. 11. Then said the woman, whom shall I bring up unto thee?.... For such persons, according to their profession, pretended they were able to bring up any of the dead, that he who inquired of them should name: and he said, bring me up Samuel; the prophet Samuel he meant, and no doubt the woman so und…
200 wordsSECTION 4101 Samuel 28:12
1 Samuel 28:12 Ver. 12. And when the woman saw Samuel,.... The appearance of him whom she took for Samuel; no mention is made of the methods she used to raise him, to check the curiosity of such as might be desirous to know them, and to prevent the imitation of them; though some think that Samuel, or the apparition, w…
367 wordsSECTION 4111 Samuel 28:13
1 Samuel 28:13 Ver. 13. And the king said unto her, be not afraid,.... Meaning not of the apparition, but of him; since he had sworn no punishment should come upon her, and he should inviolably observe his oath: for what sawest thou? for as yet Saul himself saw not anything, the woman being between him and the apparit…
162 wordsSECTION 4121 Samuel 28:14
1 Samuel 28:14 Ver. 14. And he said unto her, what form [is] he of?.... Of what stature is he? or rather of what age does he seem to be? and what clothes has he on? as appears from the answer: and she said, an old man cometh up, and he is covered with a mantle; such as either priests or judges wore, and Samuel did in…
557 wordsSECTION 4131 Samuel 28:15
1 Samuel 28:15 Ver. 15. And Samuel said to Saul, why hast thou disquieted me to bring me up?.... This makes it a clear case that this was not the true Samuel; his soul was at rest in Abraham's bosom, in the state of bliss and happiness in heaven, and it was not in the power of men and devils to disquiet it; nor would …
2,296 wordsSECTION 4141 Samuel 29:1
1 Samuel 29:1 INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 29 This chapter gives an account of David's going forth with the armies of the Philistines, 1Sa 29:1; of his being objected to by the princes of the Philistines, who insisted upon his being sent back, 1Sa 29:3; of the report Achish made of it to David, and the discourse that…
206 wordsSECTION 4151 Samuel 29:2
1 Samuel 29:2 Ver. 2. And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands,.... Not that there were so many lords, for there were but five of them; but these marched, some at the head of hundreds with them, and others at the head of thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with A…
185 wordsSECTION 4161 Samuel 29:3
1 Samuel 29:3 Ver. 3. Then said the princes of the Philistines,.... To Achish; not those of the court of Achish, who were his subjects, but the confederate princes with him in this war, the lords of the other principalities, as appears by the freedom they took with him, 1Sa 29:4; what [do] these Hebrews [here]? or Je…
286 wordsSECTION 4171 Samuel 29:4
1 Samuel 29:4 Ver. 4. And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him,.... With Achish, for giving such a character of David, and taking his part, in order to detain him, if possible: and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, make this fellow return; they speak of him with contempt, and insist on it th…
265 wordsSECTION 4181 Samuel 29:5
1 Samuel 29:5 Ver. 5. [Is] not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances,.... Long ago: saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands; so that he is an old sworn enemy of ours; and the more valiant and victorious he has been, the less is he to be trusted, see 1Sa 18:7.…
61 wordsSECTION 4191 Samuel 29:6
1 Samuel 29:6 Ver. 6. Then Achish called David,.... Being so near him, that he could call unto him himself, or he sent some person to him, to require his presence with him: and said unto him, surely, [as] the Lord liveth; or "Jehovah liveth"; an oath by the true God, of whom Achish might have some knowledge, as he al…
286 wordsSECTION 4201 Samuel 29:7
1 Samuel 29:7 Ver. 7. Wherefore now return,.... To Ziklag: and go in peace; not only in a peaceable manner, easy and satisfied, as David was at his very heart to hear this, but all prosperity and happiness attend thee; the Jews {n} distinguish between wishing persons to go in peace, and to go to peace; the former the…
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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.