11<\/strong>. the king of the land<\/em> ] The natural exaggeration of popular rumour. David had appeared as chief leader in the Philistine wars.<\/p>\n did they not sing<\/em>, &c.] Do they not sing.<\/strong> It had become a popular song. See on 1Sa 18:7<\/span>.<\/p>\n The king of the land – <\/B>The Philistines gave him the title which their own lords bore.<\/P><\/p>\n 1Sa 21:11<\/span><\/p>\n And he changed his behaviour before them.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n David scrabbling at the gate<\/strong><\/p>\n Taking the behaviour of David as a suggestion, I wish to tell you how many of the wise, and the brave, and the regal sometimes play the fool.<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The king of the land, <\/B>or, of this land, i.e. of the land of Canaan. They call him king<\/I>, either more generally for the governor, as that word is used Deu 33:5<\/span>, for the most eminent captain and commander, and, as it were, the king of the Israelitish armies; or rather, more specially, the king<\/I>, to wit, the king elect, the person designed to be king; for by this time the fame of Sauls rejection, and Davids destination to the kingdom, was got abroad among the Israelites, and from them probably to the Philistines ears. <\/P> Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?<\/B> and therefore consider what to do; and now thine and our great enemy is in thy hand, be sure thou never let him go alive. <\/P> <\/p>\n And the servants of Achish said unto him<\/strong>,…. Who knew who David was, and perceiving that he was respected by Achish:<\/p>\n [is] not this David the king of the land<\/strong>? of the land of the Philistines; so some render the words, “the king of this land” q; which belongs unto him for his conquest of Goliath; for this was what was proposed by him, that whoever was the conqueror should possess the kingdom; and seeing it belongs to him, O Achish, why dost thou admit him to court? thou wilt be driven from the throne, and we shall be his servants, and not thine r: but rather they mean the king of the land of Israel, having heard that he was anointed king by Samuel, and was to succeed Saul; or rather, they called him so because he led out the armies of Israel as their general, and being victorious was more respected than even Saul was; for they had heard what the women sung in their songs as follows:<\/p>\n did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands<\/strong>? which are the burden of their song, 1Sa 18:7<\/span>; and from whence the servants of Achish concluded, that he was in greater authority or honour, and in greater esteem than Saul their king was.<\/p>\n q “rex hujus regionis”, Vatablus. r Vid. Jarchium & Jesaiam in loc.<\/p>\n (11) Is not this David?<\/strong>Some expositors have supposed, but quite needlessly, that it was the sword of Goliath which betrayed the identity of the hero; but although David in his humility did not suspect how widely spread was his fame, he was evidently as well known in Philistia as in his own land. That popular lilt, the folk-song of the Israelitish maidens, which sang of the prowess of David, the son of Jesse, was no doubt current in frontier towns like Gath, and at once the fugitive was recognised. We hear of no attempt made upon his life, or even against his liberty. The feeling among his generous foes was rather pitiful admiration mingled with wonder at seeing the doer of such splendid achievements in poverty and in exile.<\/p>\n David the king.<\/strong>Here, again, the title king is vaguely used. Neither the people of Gath nor his own countrymensave, perhaps, a few chosen spiritsknew of the sacred anointing by Samuel at Bethlehem. The appellation simply means: Is not this the renowned warrior, the greatest man in Israel of whom the people sing? Saul, our sovereign, has been a valiant captain over us, and has slain his thousands; but this one is greater still, he has slain his ten thousands.<\/p>\n 11<\/strong>. <\/strong> The servants of Achish <\/strong> Who brought David into the royal presence. Where and in what manner these servants met with David we are not told; but the supposition, based on the title of Psalm lvi, is exceedingly plausible: that they had taken him captive while he was wandering in the land of Philistia. <\/p>\n King of the land <\/strong> “Thus they call David, not because his anointing and Divine election were known to them, but on account of his victorious deeds, which had thrown Saul entirely into the shade.” Keil.<\/p>\n 1Sa 21:11<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>The king of the land<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> The generality of interpreters suppose, either that the Philistines knew that David should succeed Saul in the kingdom, or that by the word king <\/em>is meant chief <\/em>or general. <\/em>See Deu 33:5<\/span>. <\/p>\n (11) And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Certainly the idea of David’s succession to the kingdom of Israel must have been by this time generally understood, for the report of it had reached and gained belief in Gath.<\/p>\n 1Sa 21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, [Is] not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?<\/p>\n Ver. 11. And the servants of Achish.<\/strong> ] Who had some way discovered and apprehended David, and then his sword – got by a lie – could not but be prejudicial to him. It was a great mercy that the Philistines had not slain him with it; like as it was to Peter, that the rude soldiers had not cut him in pieces when he cut off Malchus’s ear; but David prayed hard when he was in their hands, Psa 34:6 and so escaped.<\/p>\n Is not this. Compare 1Sa 18:7 and 1Sa 29:5. <\/p>\n did they not . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. Compare 1Sa 18:7 and 1Sa 29:5. <\/p>\n the servants: Psa 56:1, *title <\/p>\n the king: 1Sa 16:1, 1Sa 18:7, 1Sa 18:8, 1Sa 29:5 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Ch 14:8 – And when Joh 9:8 – Is not<\/p>\n 1Sa 21:11. King of the land Of Canaan. They call him king, either more generally for the governor, the most eminent captain and commander, or, as the king elect, the person designed to be king: for, by this time, the fame of Sauls rejection, and Davids destination to the kingdom, was got abroad among the Israelites, and from them, probably, to the Philistines. Did they not sing, &c. And therefore consider what to do; and now our great enemy is in thy hand, be sure thou never let him go alive.<\/p>\n And the servants of Achish said unto him, [Is] not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 11. the king of the land ] The natural exaggeration of popular rumour. 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I. <\/strong>I remark that those men as badly play the fool as this man of the text, who in any crisis of life take their case out of the hand of God. David, in this case, acted as though there were no God to lift him out of the predicament. The life of the most insignificant man is too vast for any human management.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>I remark that all those persons play the fool, as certainly as did this man of the text, who allow the technicalities of religion to stop their salvation.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>I go still further, and say to you that those men play the fool who undertake to pay out eternity for time.<\/p>\n
IV. <\/strong>I say to you that those men play the fool who, while they admit the righteousness of religion, set it down for future attendance. (T. De Witt Talmage.<\/em>)<\/p>\n
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Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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