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 29:8
1 Samuel 29:8 Ver. 8. And David said unto Achish, what have I done?.... This question is anticipated by the speech of Achish, who had declared he had found no evil in him; but David must say something to put on an appearance of concern for being dismissed, when he was heartily glad of it: and what hast thou found in …
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1 Samuel 29:9 Ver. 9. And Achish answered and said unto David,.... In reply to the questions: I know that thou [art] good in my sight as an angel of God: for his great wisdom, and graceful behaviour, and inoffensive carriage: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, he shall not go up with us to the…
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1 Samuel 29:10 Ver. 10. Wherefore now rise up early with thy master's servants that are come with thee,.... Meaning his six hundred men, who were considered as the servants and subjects of Saul, though with David: and which tacitly carried in it the objection of the Philistine lords unto them, that since they were the…
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1 Samuel 29:11 Ver. 11. So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning,.... Being as willing and ready to go as the Philistines were desirous they should: to return into the land of the Philistines; for now they were in the land of Israel, at Aphek, near Jezreel, from whence they went back to Ziklag, whi…
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1 Samuel 30:1 INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 30 This chapter relates the condition Ziklag was in when David and his men came to it, the city burnt, and their families carried captive by the Amalekites, which occasioned not only a general lamentation, but mutiny and murmuring in David's men, 1Sa 30:1; the inquiry David …
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1 Samuel 30:2 Ver. 2. And had taken the women captives, that [were] therein,.... There being no other to take, the men were gone with David: they slew not any, either great or small; that is, of the women, whether married or unmarried, old, or maidens, or children; which was very much, since David destroyed all that …
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1 Samuel 30:3 Ver. 3. So David and his men came to the city,.... Or however to the place where it had stood, and where it now lay in ruins: and, behold, [it was] burnt with fire; the whole city was laid in ashes: and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives; as it appeared afterwards; fo…
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1 Samuel 30:4 Ver. 4. Then David and the people that [were] with him lifted up their voice,.... In doleful shrieks, and loud lamentations: and wept, until they had no more power to weep; till nature was quite exhausted, and no moisture left; so the Vulgate Latin version, "till tears failed in them"; they could shed n…
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1 Samuel 30:5 Ver. 5. And David's two wives were taken captives,.... Which is observed as one cause of his particular distress, and another follows in 1Sa 30:6: Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite: that is, who had been his wife; for he was now dead, 1Sa 25:39, and was so before she …
91 wordsSECTION 4301 Samuel 30:6
1 Samuel 30:6 Ver. 6. And David was greatly distressed,.... Partly for the loss of his two wives, and partly because of the mutiny and murmuring of his men: for the people spake of stoning him; as the Israelites did of Moses and Aaron, Nu 14:10; the reason of this was, because, as they judged, it was owing to David t…
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1 Samuel 30:7 Ver. 7. And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son,.... The son of Ahimelech, who was slain at Nob by the order of Saul, 1Sa 22:19; and Abiathar his son, who fled to David with the ephod, on the death of his father, 1Sa 22:20, was now high priest in his room; and who it seems was with David w…
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1 Samuel 30:8 Ver. 8. And David inquired of the Lord,.... That is, by Abiathar, who reported his questions to the Lord in his name: saying, shall I pursue after this troop? the large company of the Amalekites, as it appears by what follows they were: shall I overtake them? two questions are here put together, and an…
163 wordsSECTION 4331 Samuel 30:9
1 Samuel 30:9 Ver. 9. So David went, he and the six hundred men that [were] with him,.... Encouraged by the oracle of the Lord: and came to the brook Besor; which Adrichomius {q} places in the tribe of Simeon; it is thought to be near Gaza. Aristaeus {r} speaks of brooks that flowed by Gaza and Ashdod, places that be…
162 wordsSECTION 4341 Samuel 30:10
1 Samuel 30:10 Ver. 10. But David pursued, he and four hundred men,.... Not discouraged with being obliged to leave a third part of his little army behind; though it was doubtless a trial of his faith, with these to pursue an enemy, whose numbers he knew not, which must greatly exceed his; for after the rout and slaug…
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1 Samuel 30:11 Ver. 11. And they found an Egyptian in the field,.... As they passed along, lying there, having been sick, and was half starved, almost dead: and brought him to David; to know what was to be done with him; being in the habit of a soldier, they concluded he might be one of the company they were in pursu…
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1 Samuel 30:12 Ver. 12. And they gave him a piece of cake of figs,.... That were dried and pressed together, and made into cakes: and two clusters of raisins; or dried grapes, as the Targum: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; he seemed to be quite dispirited, almost lifeless, but upon eating some f…
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1 Samuel 30:13 Ver. 13. And David said unto him, to whom [belongest] thou?.... To what country or people? and to whom among them? and whence [art] thou? of what nation? where wast thou born? what countryman art thou? for his being called an Egyptian before seems to be by anticipation, unless it was guessed at by his …
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1 Samuel 31:1 INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 31 This chapter gives an account of the battle between the Philistines and the Israelites, which had been preparing for, and the issue of it; in which Saul, his three sons, and his servants, were slain, upon which his army fled, and several of his cities were taken, 1Sa 31:1…
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1 Samuel 31:2 Ver. 2. And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul,.... Stuck to him, pushed him close, bore hard upon him in that part of the army where he was having a design upon his person: and upon his sons; who were with him: and the Philistines slew Jonathan; who is mentioned first, being the eldest son, and p…
207 wordsSECTION 4401 Samuel 31:3
1 Samuel 31:3 Ver. 3. And the battle went sore against Saul,.... Pressed heavy upon him; he was the butt of the Philistines, they aimed at his person and life: and the archers hit him; or "found him" {a}; the place where was, and directed their arrows at him: and he was sore wounded of the archers; or rather "he was…
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1 Samuel 31:4 Ver. 4. Then said Saul unto his armourbearer,.... Who, the Jews {b} say, was Doeg the Edomite, promoted to this office for slaying the priests: draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; for if he was wounded, yet not mortally, and it is certain he did not so apprehend it. It is much the sword of …
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1 Samuel 31:5 Ver. 5. And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead,.... By his own hands, and not by the hands of the Amalekite, which the armour bearer would scarcely have suffered: he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him; some think that Saul, and his armourbearer, died by the same sword, which was t…
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1 Samuel 31:6 Ver. 6. So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer,.... Only with this difference, his three sons died honourably in the field of battle, but he and his armourbearer destroyed themselves. Josephus says {e} he reigned eighteen years in the life of Samuel, and after his death twenty two years, …
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1 Samuel 31:7 Ver. 7. And which the men of Israel that [were] on the other side of the valley,.... The valley of Jezreel; of which See Gill on "Ho 1:5"; and [they] that [were] on the other side Jordan; or rather "on that side"; for the phrase will bear to be rendered either way, and so may mean that side of Jordan on…
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1 Samuel 31:8 Ver. 8. And it came to pass on the morrow,.... The day after the battle, which perhaps was fought till night came on: when the Philistines came to strip the slain; of their clothes, and take from them whatever was valuable, as their booty: that they found Saul and his sons fallen in Mount Gilboa; to wh…
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1 Samuel 31:9 Ver. 9. And they cut off his head,.... And fastened it in the temple of Dagon, 1Ch 10:10; perhaps that which was at Ashdod, one of the principalities of the Philistines, 1Sa 5:1; and stripped off his armour; or vessels {h}, his clothes as well as his armour, and what he had about him; as for his crown o…
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1 Samuel 31:10 Ver. 10. And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth,.... A temple dedicated to their deities, called by this name; of which See Gill on "Jud 2:13"; Nothing was more common with the Gentiles than to place in their temples the arms they took from their enemies, as is strongly expressed by Homer {i}…
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1 Samuel 31:11 Ver. 11. And the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead,.... Who lived on the other side Jordan, about eight miles from Bethshan, according to Fuller {p}: heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; not only that they had got the victory over him, and routed his army, but had abused his body, and hung i…
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1 Samuel 31:12 Ver. 12. All the valiant men arose,.... Of the city of Jabeshgilead, fired with indignation at the Philistines' ill usage of Saul and the bodies of his sons: and went all night; not only for secrecy, but for haste: and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and cam…
202 wordsSECTION 4501 Samuel 31:13
1 Samuel 31:13 Ver. 13. And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh,.... For though they burned the bodies, yet so as to preserve the bones; and these, together with the ashes of the parts burnt, they gathered up, and buried under a tree near this city; this tree is said to be an oak, 1Ch 10:12…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.