1 Samuel 30:17-26 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:7-20

Solomon observes that the righteous is delivered out of trouble and the wicked cometh in his stead, that the just falleth seven times a-day and riseth again; so it was with David. Many were his troubles, but the Lord delivered him out of them all, and particularly out of this of which we have here an account. I. He enquired of the Lord both concerning his duty?Shall I pursue after this troop? and concerning the event?Shall I overtake them? 1 Sam. 30:8. It was a great advantage to David that he... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:21-31

We have here an account of the distribution of the spoil which as taken from the Amalekites. When the Amalekites had carried away a rich booty from the land of Judah and the Philistines they spent it in sensuality, in eating, and drinking, and making merry with it; but David disposed of the spoil taken after another manner, as one that knew that justice and charity must govern us in the use we make of whatever we have in this world. What God gives us he designs we should do good with, not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:17

And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day ,.... As there are two twilights, the twilight of the morning, and the twilight of the evening; this is differently understood some take it for the twilight of the morning, and that it was night when David came to them, and let them alone till they were drunk and asleep, and then early in the morning fell upon them, and smote them until the evening; so Josephus F19 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 4. sect. 6. relates it; but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:18

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away ,.... The wives and children of the Israelites, and their goods, excepting the provisions they had eaten: and David rescued his two wives ; which is particularly observed, because a special concern of his. read more

John Gill

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:7-20

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:21-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:18

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

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