Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 27:3
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, [even] David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
3. every man with his household ] Cp. ch. 1Sa 30:3 ff.; 2Sa 2:3.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 3. Every man with his household] So it appears that the men who consorted with David had wives and families. David and his company resembled a tribe of the wandering Arabs.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
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 families of traitors and fugitives, and might be the more readily received by Achish, as he might hope for some advantage front them; and besides were pledges of their fidelity to him, and of their design to continue with him:
[even] David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife; who had been the wife of Nabal; of these
[See comments on 1Sa 25:43].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(3) And David dwelt with Achish at Gath.His reception by the Philistines seems to have been most kindly. There was a wide difference between the circumstances of this and his former visit to Gath. Then he was a fugitive, almost unattended; now he was at the head of an army of trained and devoted soldiers. Such a guest might be of the greatest service to the Philistines in their perpetual wars with Saul, with whom David would now be considered to have finally broken off all relations, seeing he had sought a home and shelter among the most bitter of his foes.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
3. Every man with his household From which it appears that many of David’s men, like their leader, had their families with them.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
(3) And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife. (4) And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
Saul’s giving over the pursuit of David seems to be so related, not as he did it from choice, but from necessity. There was no opportunity of going after David into an enemy’s country. It is not unfrequently so by men in various transgressions. When men have no longer power to prosecute their lusts, they relinquish what they can no longer enjoy. The heart remains the same, but the ability is no more. An awful picture this of a state of unregeneracy.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 27:3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, [even] David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
Ver. 3. And David dwelt with Achish. ] Where doubtless he was much vexed many times, as Lot was in Sodom, and cried, Oh that I had the wings of a dove! &c. Woe is me that I sojourn in Gath! a good place to pass through, but an ill place to dwell in, as one once said of Athens.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
man. Hebrew. ‘ish. App-14.
Nabal’s wife. See note on 1Sa 30:5
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
with his two: 1Sa 25:3, 1Sa 25:18-35, 1Sa 25:42, 1Sa 25:43, 1Sa 30:5
Reciprocal: 2Sa 2:3 – his men 2Sa 15:18 – Gittites 1Ki 2:39 – Achish 1Ch 3:1 – Ahinoam
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
27:3 And David {b} dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, [even] David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
(b) Thus God by his providence changes the enemies hearts, and makes them favour his in their need.