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 passed between them upon it, 1Sa 29:6; whereby David had a way unexpectedly opened for him to be freed from this service, which he gladly embraced, 1Sa 29:11.
Ver. 1. Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek,.... Not the city in the tribe of Judah of that name, Jos 15:53; where the Philistines had a camp in the time of Samuel, 1Sa 4:1; but rather that in the tribe of Asher, Jos 19:30; unless there was one of this name in the tribe of Issachar, not mentioned, since it seems to have been near Jezreel and Shunem, which were both in that tribe, Jos 19:18;
and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel; in the valley of Jezreel; of which See Gill on "Jos 19:18" and See Gill on "Ho 1:5".