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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:19

And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters ,.... Not any of the least or youngest, nor any of them that were grown up; for as these were not slain but carried captive, so they were brought back, and not one missing, see 1 Samuel 30:2 , neither spoil, nor any thing they had taken to them : except the food they had eaten and the liquor they had drank, as before observed; and perhaps what they had ate and drank were none of theirs, but the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:20

And David took all the flocks, and the herds ,.... Which they had taken from the land of the Philistines, or which belonged to the Amalekites properly: which they drave before those other cattle ; which had been carried from Ziklag; first went the spoil taken from other places, and then those taken from David and his men, or what was found at Ziklag. Abarbinel supposes the meaning to be this, that the herds were driven before the flocks, that the oxen were led out first, and then the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:21

And David came to the two hundred men ,.... Left at the brook Besor: who were so faint that they could not follow David ; or, as the Targum, were restrained from going over after him; either through faintness of spirits, and weakness of body, or through the order of David that they should not follow him; and which seems to receive some countenance from what follows: whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor ; to guard the passage there, and to tarry by and keep the stuff: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:22

Then answered all the wicked men, and men of Belial, of those that went with David ,.... Who were ill natured men, and of covetous dispositions, as what is called their answer shows; and it seems by that as if the two hundred men had moved that they might have their share in the spoil, or that David had given some intimation that they should: and said, because they went not with us, we will not give, them ought of the spoil that we have recovered : which was very unreasonable not to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:23

Then said David, ye shall not do so, my brethren ,.... Though he saw through their wickedness, and disapproved of the bad sentiments they had embraced, yet he deals gently with them, calling them brethren, being of the same nation and religion, and his fellow soldiers; yet at the same time keeps up and maintains his dignity and authority as a general, and declares it should not be as they willed, and gives his reasons for it, that it was not fit they should do as they pleased: with that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:24

For who will hearken unto you in fit is matter? ,.... No wise and just man will take on your side of the question, and join with you in excluding your brethren from a share in the spoil: but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff ; as these two hundred men did; they were placed to abide by and watch the carriages, the bag and baggage the rest had left there, that they might be the lighter, and make their pursuit more swiftly:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:25

And it was so from that day forward ,.... Or "upwards" F24 ומעלה "et supra", Pagninus, Montanus; "et jam olim", Tigurine version. , of old, formerly; and so may refer either to what was done at the war with Midian, Numbers 31:27 ; or in the times of Abraham, Genesis 14:23 ; and so Jarchi observes, it is not said, "henceforward", but "upwards", it being a statute and custom in the days of Abraham; the same he notes on Genesis 14:24 ; where he, David, learnt this from thence;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 30:12

A cake of figs - See on 1 Samuel 25:18 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 30:13

My master left me , because three days agone I fell sick - This was very inhuman: though they had booty enough, and no doubt asses sufficient to carry the invalids, yet they left this poor man to perish; and God visited it upon them, as he made this very person the means of their destruction, by the information which he was enabled to give to David and his men. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 30:14

Upon the south of the Cherethites - Calmet and others maintain, that the כרתי kerethi , which, without the points, might be read Creti, were not only at this time Philistines, but that they were aborigines of Crete, from which they had their name Cherethites or Cretans, and are those of whom Zephaniah speaks, Zephaniah 2:5 ; : Wo to the inhabitants of the sea-coasts, the nation of the Cherethites. And by Ezekiel, Ezekiel 25:16 ; : Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 30:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 30:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 30:14

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