Lest either their revenge or policy should prompt them to kill him. <\/P> <\/p>\n
And David laid up these words in his heart<\/strong>,…. Pondered upon them, and thought them over in his mind, finding that he was known, and his character also, and considered with himself what might be the consequence of this:<\/p>\n and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath<\/strong>; lest he should be set against him, and be prevailed upon by his servants to take away his life, or deliver him up into the hands of Saul.<\/p>\n But David took these words to heart, and was in great fear of Achish, lest he should treat him as an enemy, and kill him. In order to escape this danger, “ he disguised his understanding<\/em> (i.e., pretended to be out of his mind) in their eyes<\/em> (i.e., before the courtiers of Achish), behaved insanely under their hands<\/em> (when they tried to hold him as a madman), scribbled upon the door-wings, and let his spittle run down into his beard<\/em>.” The suffix to is apparently superfluous, as the object, , follows immediately afterwards. But it may be accounted for from the circumstantiality of the conversation of every-day life, as in 2Sa 14:6<\/span>, and (though these cases are not perfectly parallel) Exo 2:6<\/span>; Pro 5:22<\/span>; Eze 10:3<\/span> (cf. Gesenius<\/em> ‘ Gramm<\/em>. 121, 6, Anm. 3). , from , to make signs, i.e., to scribble. The lxx and Vulgate render it , impingebat <\/em>, he drummed<\/em>, smote with his fists upon the wings of the door, which would make it appear as if they had read (from ), which seems more suitable to the condition of a madman whose saliva ran out of his mouth.<\/p>\n (12) And David laid up these words.<\/strong>Now, for the first time, David saw how widely travelled was a renown of which he in his humbleness of heart had thought so little, and at once a deadly fear took possession of him. The life he held so cheaply when in battle with the enemies of his country now, strange to say, in his deep degradation and poverty, became of real value to him, and he adopted the piteous and humiliating device of feigning madness, hoping thus to change the wondering admiration of the servants of Achish into pitying scorn. What David hoped took place, and he was driven out of Gath with ignominy; but there is no reason for supposing that had he maintained a quiet dignity of behaviour any evil would have happened to him. The Philistines, for those wild times, seem to have been a cultured people, and by no means devoid of generous instincts. Not one word, strangely enough, is reported to have been spoken about the great injury he had done to the Philistine nation when he slew Goliath. It has been suggested with considerable ingenuity that the great name of the dead champion, the hero of so many battle-fields, was never brought forward here, perhaps out of a natural indisposition to recall a grievous calamity, but more likely out of regard for Goliaths family and friends. Singularly little is told us, in fact, about this renowned hero, whom tradition hints at as the great warrior in the decisive battle when the Ark was captured and the sons of Eli were slain. The Talmud has a curious comment on this strange silenceNot half the praises of Goliath are related in Scripture; hence it follows that it is wrong to tell the praises of the wicked.Treatise Soteh, <\/em>fol. 42, Colossians 2<\/span>.<\/p>\n 12<\/strong>. <\/strong> David laid up these words in his heart <\/strong> Until he heard the servants say these things he hoped to escape recognition; but now, when he finds that they suspect him to be the great hero who slew Goliath, he is oppressed with a host of fears.<\/p>\n (12) And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. (13) And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. (14) Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me? (15) Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The fears and distresses of David were very great, no doubt, when: he feigned madness, in order to escape the danger which threatened him. Certainly there was enough to alarm him, had he not had resource in the Lord. For he was now in the very spot which Goliath came from. He had the very sword of Goliath on him. He was now surrounded with an host of foes. But, amidst all these dangers, and the feigning himself mad, never perhaps in any period of his life was his mind more composed and settled upon God. It was to this state of mind that we are indebted, under the Holy Ghost, for those most beautiful Psalms which he then wrote, and which have refreshed, and will continue to refresh, the church of the Lord in the afflictions of his people in all ages. I mean Psa 34<\/span> and Psa 56<\/span> , to which I refer the Reader. The latter is called Michtam of David; meaning a golden Precious Psalm of David. The title also, upon Jonath-elem-rechekim, some have thought intimates himself, because it means, the silent dove that is afar off, alluding perhaps to his distance from home, and in the midst of his enemies. How beautiful is it to see, in this man’s experience, how faith works when the Lord gives grace. When his natural fears had prompted him to throw himself into the very bosom of his enemies, his spiritual faith, which the Lord had given him, led him to throw himself into the very bosom of his God. There, blessed Jesus, it is I would be found living and dying; in my best and in my weakest frames. For thou art my hiding place: thou shalt preserve me from trouble: thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. Psa 32:7<\/span> .<\/p>\n 1Sa 21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.<\/p>\n Ver. 12. And David laid up.<\/strong> ] He was much affected with them, and as greatly afflicted as if he had been crushed in a winepress: so the word Gath<\/em> signifieth.<\/p>\n Achish. See subscription of Psa 55 (Comp. Bible). (Not superscription of Psa 56 as in Authorized Version) <\/p>\n [Conversion Note]<\/p>\n Subscription of Psalm 55 reads: To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim.<\/p>\n Psa 34:1 contains a reference to Achish (referenced in the original text below), and the author may have intended to reference it instead.<\/p>\n laid up: Psa 119:11, Luk 2:19, Luk 2:51 <\/p>\n sore: 1Sa 21:10, Gen 12:11-13, Gen 26:7, Psa 34:4, Psa 56:3<\/p>\n 1Sa 21:12. David laid up these words in his heart It is probable he had been at first well received, but this discourse deeply affected him, and made him think himself not safe there. For, when he found that his fame was spread among them, as having slain such numbers of the Philistines, he concluded that they would be instigated to take revenge on him now they had him in their power. And was sore afraid Lest either their revenge or policy should prompt them to kill him. Perhaps he was the more apprehensive, because he wore Goliaths sword, which was, probably, well known at Gath.<\/p>\n And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. Lest either their revenge or policy should prompt them to kill him. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole And David laid up these words in his heart,…. Pondered upon them, and thought … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 21:12”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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