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1 Kings (1 Samuel) Chapter 30

1 Kings (1 Samuel)

sa1 30:0

Overview

Sa1 30:1, The Amalekites spoil Ziklag; Sa1 30:4, David asking counsel, is encouraged by God to pursue them; Sa1 30:11, By the means of a revived Egyptian he is brought to the enemies, and recovers all the spoil; Sa1 30:22, David's law to divide the spoil equally between them that fight and them that keep the stuff; Sa1 30:26, He sends presents to his friends.

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:1

sa1 30:1

were come: Sa1 29:11; Sa2 1:2

on the third: This was the third day after he had left the Philistine army at Aphek, from which place, Calmet supposes, Ziklag was distant more than thirty leagues.

the Amalekites: Sa1 15:7, Sa1 27:8-10; Gen 24:62; Jos 11:6

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:2

sa1 30:2

slew not: Sa1 30:19, Sa1 27:11; Job 38:11; Psa 76:10; Isa 27:8, Isa 27:9

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:3

sa1 30:3

burned: Psa 34:19; Heb 12:6; Pe1 1:6, Pe1 1:7; Rev 3:9

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:4

sa1 30:4

lifted up: Sa1 4:13, Sa1 11:4; Gen 37:33-35; Num 14:1, Num 14:39; Jdg 2:4, Jdg 21:2; Ezr 10:1

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:5

sa1 30:5

two wives: Sa1 1:2, Sa1 25:42, Sa1 25:43, Sa1 27:3; Sa2 2:2, Sa2 3:2, Sa2 3:3

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:6

sa1 30:6

was greatly: Gen 32:7; Psa 25:17, Psa 42:7, Psa 116:3, Psa 116:4, Psa 116:10; Co2 1:8, Co2 1:9, Co2 4:8, Co2 7:5

the people: Exo 17:4; Num 14:10; Psa 62:9; Mat 21:9, Mat 27:22

grieved: Heb. bitter, Sa1 1:10; Jdg 18:25; Sa2 17:8; Kg2 4:27 *marg.

David: Job 13:15; Psa 18:6, Psa 26:1, Psa 26:2, Psa 27:1-3, Psa 34:1-8, Psa 40:1, Psa 40:2, Psa 42:5, Psa 42:11; Psa 56:3, Psa 56:4, Psa 56:11, Psa 62:1, Psa 62:5, Psa 62:8, Psa 118:8-13; Pro 18:10; Isa 25:4, Isa 37:14-20; Jer 16:19; Hab 3:17, Hab 3:18; Rom 4:18, Rom 8:31; Co2 1:6, Co2 1:9, Co2 1:10; Heb 13:6

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:7

sa1 30:7

Abiathar: Sa1 22:20, Sa1 22:21, Sa1 23:2-9; Kg1 2:26; Mar 2:26

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:8

sa1 30:8

inquired: Sa1 23:2, Sa1 23:4, Sa1 23:10-12; Jdg 20:18, Jdg 20:23, Jdg 20:28; Sa2 5:19, Sa2 5:23; Pro 3:5, Pro 3:6

he answered him: Sa1 14:37, Sa1 28:6, Sa1 28:15, Sa1 28:16; Num 27:21; Psa 50:15, Psa 91:15

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:10

sa1 30:10

for two hundred: Sa1 30:21

so faint: Sa1 14:20, Sa1 14:31; Jdg 8:4, Jdg 8:5

the brook Besor: This brook or torrent, it is evident from the circumstances of the history, must be in the south-west part of Judea, and must empty itself into the Mediterranean Sea. In the more particular situation of it writers are not agreed. Some suppose it to be between Gaza and Rhinocorura; but Jerome places it between Rhinocorura and Egypt. It is supposed by some to be the same as the river of the wilderness (Amo 6:14), and the river of Egypt, Jos 15:4.

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:11

sa1 30:11

gave him: Deu 15:7-11, Deu 23:7; Pro 25:21; Mat 25:35; Luk 10:36, Luk 10:37; Rom 12:20, Rom 12:21

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:12

sa1 30:12

his spirit: Sa1 14:27; Jdg 15:19; Isa 40:29-31

three days: Sa1 30:13; Est 4:16; Jon 1:17; Mat 27:63

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:13

sa1 30:13

my master: Though they had booty enough, and this poor sick slave might have been carried on an ass or a camel, yet they inhumanely left him to perish; but, in the righteous providence of God, this cruelty was the occasion of their destruction; whilst David's kindness to a perishing stranger and slave was the means of his success, and proved the truest policy. Job 31:13-15; Pro 12:10; Jam 2:13

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:14

sa1 30:14

the Cherethites: Calmet and others suppose that these people, who inhabited the same district as the Philistines, were the aborigines of the island of Crete, from which they derived their name. Sa1 30:16; Sa2 8:18; Kg1 1:38, Kg1 1:44; Ch1 18:17; Eze 25:16; Zep 2:5

Caleb: A district in the south of Judea, in which were the cities of Kirjath-Arba or Hebron, and Kirjath-sepher, belonging to the family of Caleb. Jos 14:13, Jos 15:13

we burned: Sa1 30:1-3

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:15

sa1 30:15

Swear: Sa1 29:6; Jos 2:12, Jos 9:15, Jos 9:19, Jos 9:20; Eze 17:13, Eze 17:16, Eze 17:19

nor deliver: Deu 23:15, Deu 23:16

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:16

sa1 30:16

when he: Jdg 1:24, Jdg 1:25

eating: Sa1 25:36-38; Exo 32:6, Exo 32:17-19, Exo 32:27, Exo 32:28; Jdg 16:23-30; Sa2 13:28; Isa 22:13; Dan 5:1-4; Luk 12:19, Luk 12:20, Luk 17:27-29, Luk 21:34, Luk 21:35; Th1 5:3; Rev 11:10-13

because of all: Job 20:5

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:17

sa1 30:17

the next day: Heb. their morrow

and there: Sa1 11:11; Jdg 4:16; Kg1 20:29, Kg1 20:30; Psa 18:42

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:19

sa1 30:19

Sa1 30:8; Gen 14:14-16; Num 31:49; Job 1:10; Psa 34:9, Psa 34:10, Psa 91:9, Psa 91:10; Mat 6:33

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:20

sa1 30:20

This is David's spoil: Sa1 30:26; Num 31:9-12; Ch2 20:25; Isa 53:12; Rom 8:37

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:21

sa1 30:21

two hundred men: Sa1 30:10

came near: Heb 13:1; Pe1 3:8

saluted them: Heb. asked them how they did, Jdg 8:15

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:22

sa1 30:22

wicked: Sa1 22:2, Sa1 25:17, Sa1 25:25; Deu 13:13; Jdg 19:22; Kg1 21:10, Kg1 21:13

those: Heb. the men

Because: Mat 7:12

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:23

sa1 30:23

my brethren: Gen 19:7; Jdg 19:23; Act 7:2, Act 22:1

which the Lord: Sa1 30:8, Sa1 2:7; Num 31:49-54; Deu 8:10, Deu 8:18; Ch1 29:12-14; Hab 1:16

who hath: Psa 44:2-7, Psa 121:7, Psa 121:8

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:24

sa1 30:24

but as his part: This equitable edict was somewhat different from that which had so long obtained in Israel, and by which the spoil of the Midianites was divided. that related to the whole people: this only to the soldiers, some of whom went to battle, while others guarded the baggage. Num 31:27; Jos 22:8; Psa 68:12

tarrieth: Sa1 25:13

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:25

sa1 30:25

forward: Heb. and forward, Sa1 16:13

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:26

sa1 30:26

to his friends: Ch1 12:1-15; Psa 35:27, Psa 68:18; Pro 18:16-24; Isa 32:8

present: Heb. blessing, Sa1 25:27; Gen 33:11; Kg2 5:15; Co2 9:5

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:27

sa1 30:27

Bethel: Probably not the celebrated city of this name, but Bethul a city of Simeon (Jos 19:4), supposed to be the same as Bethelia, mentioned by Sozomen as belonging to Gaza, well peopled, and having several temples remarkable for their structure and antiquity; and which Jerome says, in his life of Hilarion, was five short days' journey from Pelusium. Gen 28:19; Jos 16:2; Jdg 1:22, Jdg 1:23; Kg1 12:29

south Ramoth: A city of Simeon; so called to distinguish it from Ramoth Gilead beyond Jordan. Jos 19:8, Ramath

Jattir: Jos 15:48, Jos 21:14

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:28

sa1 30:28

Aroer: Jos 13:16

Siphmoth: Supposed to be the same with Shepham (Num 34:10), on the eastern borders of Canaan.

Eshtemoa: Jos 15:50, Eshtemoh, Jos 21:14

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:29

sa1 30:29

Rachal: Supposed by Calmet to be the same as Hachilah. Sa1 23:19

Jerahmeelites: The descendants of Jerahmeel son of Hezron (Ch1 2:9, Ch1 2:25-27), who inhabited a district in the south of Judah. Sa1 27:10

Kenites: These people inhabited a small tract west of the Dead Sea. Jdg 1:16

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:30

sa1 30:30

Hormah: Jos 19:4; Jdg 1:17

Chorashan: Probably the same as Ashan in Simeon, Jos 15:42; Jos 19:7, which Eusebius says was sixteen miles west from Jerusalem.

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:31

sa1 30:31

Hebron: Jos 14:13, Jos 14:14; Sa2 2:1, Sa2 4:1, Sa2 15:10


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