John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:15
And David said unto him, canst thou me down to this company ?.... That is, show him, or direct him where they were: and he said, swear unto me by God ; the Targum is, by the Word of the Lord; but it is highly probable this man had no notion of Jehovah, and his Word, or of the true God; only that there was a God, and that an oath taken by him was solemn, sacred, and inviolable, and might be trusted to and depended on: that thou wilt neither kill me ; for he found now he was in the... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:14
We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites ,.... The Philistines so called, or at least one nation of them, such that dwelt to the south of the land, 1 Samuel 30:16 ; See Gill on Zephaniah 2:5 , and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah ; the south of Judah, where David pretended he had been, and had spoiled, and which was now actually done by the Amalekites, 1 Samuel 27:10 , and upon the south of Caleb ; that part of the tribe of Judah which belonged to... read more