Bible Commentary

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. 18. recovered rescued ] Different renderings of the same Heb. word, used also in 1Sa 30:8. Rescue is the best equivalent. “Recovered” in 1Sa 30:19 is a different word; literally meaning “brought back.” Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 30:18”

And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. 17. And David smote, &c.] He reached the neighbourhood of their camp in the evening, and found them scattered about in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 30:17”

And when he had brought him down, behold, [they were] spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. 16. dancing ] Or, feasting. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 30:16”

And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. 15. company ] Troop, as in 1Sa 30:8, and again … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 30:15”

We made an invasion [upon] the south of the Cherethites, and upon [the coast] which [belongeth] to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. 14. the Cherethites ] Evidently a tribe of Philistines living on the southern border of Philistia, as the spoil is said in 1Sa 30:16 to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 30:14”

And David said unto him, To whom [belongest] thou? and whence [art] thou? And he said, I [am] a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick. 13. To whom belongest thou ] His appearance shewed that he was a slave. servant ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 30:13”

And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk [any] water, three days and three nights. 12. his spirit came again to him ] He revived. Cp. Jdg 15:19. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 30:12”

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; 11. bread ] Food: what it was is specified in the next verse: a piece of fig-cake and two lumps of raisins. See on 1Sa 25:18. The Sept. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 30:11”

But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. 10. abode behind ] Stayed, as in 1Sa 30:9. The condensed expression of the last clause of 1Sa 30:9 is explained by 1Sa 30:10. were so faint ] A … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 30:10”

So David went, he and the six hundred men that [were] with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. 9. the six hundred men ] For a rapid pursuit a small force of picked men was most suitable. Cp. 1Sa 27:2. No doubt by this time he had … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 30:9”