1 Samuel 22:12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:6-19

We have seen the progress of David's troubles; now here we have the progress of Saul's wickedness. He seems to have laid aside the thoughts of all other business and to have devoted himself wholly to the pursuit of David. He heard at length, by the common fame of the country, that David was discovered (that is, that he appeared publicly and enlisted men into his service); and hereupon he called all his servants about him, and sat down under a tree, or grove, in the high place at Gibeah, with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:12

And Saul said, hear now, thou son of Ahitub ,.... The charge exhibited against him; in contempt of him, he does not so much as call him by his name, nor give him the title of his office, as high priest; though he was the second person in the kingdom, and to whose office a few years ago the civil government was annexed: and he answered, here I am , my lord ; giving due honour to Saul, though he received none from him, and appearing with great boldness, as having a clear conscience, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:6-16

Resistance to God's purposes. The facts are— 1 . Saul, hearing at Gibeah of David's movements, makes an appeal to his Benjamite attendants. 2 . He insinuates the existence of secret designs against himself, connivance at David's supposed purpose, and lack of pity for his condition. 3 . Thereupon Doeg the Edomite relates what he saw at Nob, and makes the statement that the high priest inquired of the Lord for David. 4 . Saul sends for Ahimelech and charges him with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:11-13

All his father's house. Doeg's suggestion that the priests were David's allies at once arouses all Saul's worst passions. As if he had determined from the first upon the massacre of the whole body, he sends not merely for Ahimelech, but forevery priest at Nob. Shortly afterwards they arrived, for Nob was close to Gibeah, and Saul himself arraigns them before the court for treason, and recapitulates the three points mentioned by Doeg as conclusive proofs of their guilt. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:1-23

A fighting unit (22:1-23)David found a hiding place in the barren regions of Adullam. Here he was joined by his family, who had fled to escape the hate and revenge of Saul (22:1; see Psalms 57:0; Psalms 63:0; Psalms 142:0). Knowing this hard life would be too much for his aged parents, he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and returned to his home territory of Judah. By now a crowd of four hundred, mainly outlaws and discontented people, had joined David, and he soon built these into a... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 22:6-23

Saul’s slaughter of the priests 22:6-23The writer’s attention focused next on Saul’s activities. He used the literary device of focusing on David, then on Saul, then on David, etc. He used the same technique in chapters 1-3 with Samuel and Eli’s sons to contrast Samuel’s goodness with the wickedness of Hophni and Phinehas. The same purpose is in view in chapters 21-31 with David and Saul.Saul was aware that some in his army, apparently even some of his tribal kinsmen from Benjamin, had deserted... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 22:1-23

David in the Cave of Adullam. Saul’s Slaughter of the Priests at Nob1. Adullam] probably in the valley of Elah between Philistia and Hebron. 2. Four hundred] They soon increased to six hundred (1 Samuel 23:13). Cp. the description given of Jephthah’s band in Judges 11:3.5. Gad] is here mentioned for the first time. After David’s accession he became the king’s seer (2 Samuel 24:11). He was sent to rebuke David for his sin in numbering the people, and after his death wrote a history of his reign... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:1-23

CHAPTER XXIX.DAVID AT ADULLAM, MIZPEH, AND HARETH.1 Samuel 22:1-23.THE cave of Adullam, to which David fled on leaving Gath, has been placed in various localities even in modern times; but as the Palestine Exploration authorities have placed the town in the valley of Elah, we may regard it as settled that the cave lay there, not far indeed from the place where David had had his encounter with Goliath. It was a humble dwelling for a king’s son-in-law, nor could David have thought of needing it... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Samuel 22:1-23

CHAPTER 22 1. In the cave of Adullam (1 Samuel 22:1-2 ) 2. In Moab and Gad’s message (1 Samuel 22:3-5 ) 3. Saul’s discovery of David’s visit to Nob (1 Samuel 22:6-10 ) 4. The murder of the priests (1 Samuel 22:11-19 ) 5. David and Abiathar (1 Samuel 22:20-23 ) Next we find him in the cave of Adullam (a witness). Here a strange company gathers around the rejected king. It consisted of 400 men. He became their captain. Some of them were in distress, others in debt, and discontented.... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 22:1-23

David wrotePsalms 34:1-22; Psalms 34:1-22 at this time, which shows that he was truly restored to the Lord. Verse 4 of that Psalm is particularly significant, "I sought the Lord and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears." His painful experience was evidently profitable for him in that it drove him to the Lord. It seems therefore that the Lord guided him to escape to the cave Adullam. He did not have to remain lonely there for long. His reputation before the people could not but... read more

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