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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:1-7

Here is, I. The prevalency of David's fear, which was the effect of the weakness of his faith (1 Sam. 27:1): He said to his heart (so it may be read), in his communings with it concerning his present condition, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. He represented to himself the restless rage and malice of Saul (who could not be wrought into a reconciliation) and the treachery of his own countrymen, witness that of the Ziphites, once and again; he looked upon his own forces, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:3

And David dwelt with Achish at Gath ,.... The metropolis of his kingdom, called, 1 Samuel 27:5 , the royal city: he and his men, every man with his household ; or family; which they brought with them, to secure them from the malice of Saul; who in their absence might have destroyed them, as being the families of traitors and fugitives, and might be the more readily received by Achish, as he might hope for some advantage front them; and besides were pledges of their fidelity to him, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:4

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath ,.... Who very probably had his spies out to watch his motions, and report to him where he was, and what he was doing: and he sought no more again for him ; by which it seems as if he would have sought after him again, had he continued in the land of Israel; but now being gone, and in an enemy's country, and having nothing to fear from him while there, he laid aside all thoughts of seeking after him. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:5

And David said unto Achish ,.... After he had been some time with him: if I have now found grace in thine eyes ; or was in favour, as he thought himself to be, by various instances of respect shown him: let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there : he does not ask for a city or town, but a place in one of them, though one was given him; but of whom he asks it, it is not easy to say; though it is certain that Achish gave it him, 1 Samuel 27:6 .... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:6

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day ,.... A city which in the division of the land was given to the tribe of Judah, and after that to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 15:31 ; though it seems not to have been possessed by either of them, at least not long, but soon came into the hands of the Philistines, who kept it till this time, and now it returned to its right owners; according to Bunting F7 Travels, &c.; p. 136. it was twelve miles from Gath: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:7

And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines ,.... At Gath and Ziklag: was a full year and four months ; or "days and four months"; days being sometimes put for a year, Judges 17:10 ; though some interpret it not of a year, but of some few days out of the fifth month, besides the four months; so Jarchi and Kimchi; and Josephus F8 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 13. sect. 10. makes his abode to be four months and twenty days; but, according to the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 27:3

Every man with his household - So it appears that the men who consorted with David had wives and families. David and his company resembled a tribe of the wandering Arabs. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 27:5

Why should thy servant dwell in the royal city - He seemed to intimate that two princely establishments in the same city were too many. Achish appears to have felt the propriety of his proposal, and therefore appoints him Ziklag. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 27:6

Achish gave him Ziklag - Ziklag was at first given to the tribe of Judah, but afterwards it was ceded to that of Simeon, Joshua 15:31 ; Joshua 19:5 . The Philistines had, however, made themselves masters of it, and held it to the time here mentioned; it then fell into the tribe of Judah again, and continued to be the property of the kings of Judah. This verse is a proof that this book was written long after the days of Samuel, and that it was formed by a later hand, out of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:1-4

Loss of faith. The facts are— 1 . David, fearing lest he should fall by the hand of Saul, deems it better to go to the land of the Philistines. 2 . He and his family and attendants are received by Achish at Gath. 3 . Saul, hearing of this, seeks him no more. There is a latent thought in many minds that the great and good men of whom the Bible speaks ought to figure in Scripture as only models of excellence, and hence a sense of disappointment is experienced when, in its... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 27:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 27:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 27:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:1-4

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