1 Samuel 30:16-20

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:16

And when he had brought him down ,.... To the place where the company of the Amalekites were, or near it: behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth ; they were not in any regular order, and much less in any military form, but lay about in the fields, scattered here and there, were in detached parties: some eating and drinking ; in one place: and dancing ; others, in another place, expressing their joy, and perhaps their thankfulness to their idols because of the... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 30:16

Out of the land of the Philistines - That these Amalekites were enemies to the Philistines is evident, but it certainly does not follow from this that those whom David destroyed were enemies also. This, I think, has been too hastily assumed by Dr. Chandler and others, in order the better to vindicate the character of David. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 30:17

There escaped not a man of them - It is well known to every careful reader of the Bible, that the Amalekites were a proscribed people, even by God himself, and that in extirpating them it has been supposed David fulfilled the express will of God. But all this depends on whether he had an express commission to do so, received from God himself, as Saul had. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 30:20

And David took all the flocks - He and his men not only recovered all their own property, but they recovered all the spoil which these Amalekites had taken from the south of Judah, the Cherethites, and the south of Caleb. When this was separated from the rest, it was given to David, and called David's spoil. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 30:11-20

The consequences of kindness. The facts are— 1 . Pursuing the Amalekites, David finds an Egyptian slave in distress, and administers to him food and drink. 2 . On being questioned, the man states that his master, who was one of the force destroying Ziklag, had left him there three days before. 3 . On promise of not being delivered up to his master, he engages to act as guide to the rendezvous of the Amalekites. 4 . On coming upon them in the midst of their revels, David... read more

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