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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 27:1

1 Samuel 27:1. And David said in his heart, I shall now perish— David, tired of wandering, weary of struggling with Saul's implacable spirit, sensible of the unequal conflict between too dangerous generosity, and too relentless malice, and unwilling longer to subsist by the spoils of his enemies or the bounty of his friends, resolves at last to quit his country, and throw himself once more under the protection of its enemies. This resolution has been generally censured, on account of his... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 27:1

1. David said in his heart, . . . there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines—This resolution of David's was, in every respect, wrong: (1) It was removing him from the place where the divine oracle intimated him to remain ( :-); (2) It was rushing into the idolatrous land, for driving him into which he had denounced an imprecation on his enemies ( :-); (3) It was a withdrawal of his counsel and aid from God's people. It was a movement,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 27:1-2

David’s return to Philistia 27:1-28:2This section records David’s relocation to Ziklag in Philistia, his raids of southwestern Canaan from Ziklag, and the Philistines’ preparations for war against Saul. Philistia is where David spent the final stage of his "outlaw" career. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 27:1-7

David’s relocation to Ziklag 27:1-7Was it God’s will for David to leave Israel and move to Philistia? The text does not say, but there are indications that lead me to believe that he should not have done this, even though he must have felt almost forced to do it. First, there is the statement that David consulted with himself, but he had previously asked God for guidance in prayer (cf. 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Samuel 23:4). Second, David said he believed he would die if he remained in Israel. Yet... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 27:1-12

4. The end of Saul’s reign chs. 27-31David’s commitment to God resulted in his continuing to be God’s instrument of blessing to the Israelites and His instrument of judgment to Israel’s enemies. This was true in spite of David’s failure to seek guidance from the Lord before moving back into Philistine territory. David’s strength continued to grow as Saul’s continued to wane. In these last chapters of 1 Samuel the writer continued to move back and forth: first describing David’s activities, and... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 27:1-12

David flees to Gath, and obtains Ziklag from Achish2. David’s position now as the captain of 600 men was quite different from what it was in 1 Samuel 21:10. 7. A full year and four months] The phrase probably means ’about four months,’ lit. ’days and four months.’ 8 The Geshurites] were the inhabitants of a district in the S. of Philistia: see Joshua 13:2. They must not be confused with the Geshurites who lived E. of the Jordan. The tribes mentioned here were constant enemies of Israel whom... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 27:1

(1) And David said in his heart.—David’s position seems to have grown more and more untenable during the latter days of Saul’s reign. Probably the paroxysms of the king’s fatal malady grew sharper and more frequent, and his chieftains and favourites, whom, as we have already seen (1 Samuel 26:0), he had chosen mostly out of the one small tribe of Benjamin, feared—and with good reason—the advent of David to the throne, which they saw was imminent in the event of Saul’s dying or being permanently... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:1-12

CHAPTER XXXIIIDAVID’S SECOND FLIGHT TO GATH.1 Samuel 27:1-12; 1 Samuel 28:1-2; 1 Samuel 29:1-11.WE are not prepared for the sad decline in the spirit of trust which is recorded in the beginning of the twenty-seventh chapter. The victory gained by David over the carnal spirit of revenge, shown so signally in his sparing the life of Saul a second time, would have led us to expect that he would never again fall under the influence of carnal fear. But there are strange ebbs and flows in the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Samuel 27:1-12

CHAPTER 27 1. David’s unbelief (1 Samuel 27:1-2 ) 2. With Achish, King of Gath (1 Samuel 27:3-7 ) 3. His slaughter and deception 27:8-12) David became despondent. After all the gracious evidences that the Lord was with him, shielded him and guarded his very footsteps, he relapses in unbelief. Such is the heart of man! He fears for his life and then takes once more his case out of the Lord’s hands and flees to Achish the king of Gath. He had been there before and at that former visit he... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 27:1

27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now {a} perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.(a) David distrusts God’s protection and therefore flees to the idolaters, who were enemies to God’s people. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 27:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 27:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 27:1-2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 27:1-7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 27:1-12

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 27:1-12

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 27:1

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:1-12

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Samuel 27:1-12

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 27:1

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