Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
1 Kings (1 Samuel) Chapter 27
Overview
Sa1 27:1, Saul, hearing David to be in Gath, seeks no more for him; Sa1 27:5, David begs Ziklag of Achish; Sa1 27:8, He, invading other countries, persuades Achish he fought against Judah.
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And David: Sa1 16:1, Sa1 16:13, Sa1 23:17, Sa1 25:30; Psa 116:11; Pro 13:12; Isa 40:27-31, Isa 51:12; Mat 14:31; Mar 4:40; Co2 7:5
I shall: This was a rash conclusion: God had caused him to be anointed king of Israel, and promised his accession to the throne, and had so often interposed in his behalf, that he was authorised to believe the very reverse.
perish: Heb. be consumed
there is nothing: Sa1 22:5; Exo 14:12; Num 14:3; Pro 3:5, Pro 3:6; Isa 30:15, Isa 30:16; Lam 3:26, Lam 3:27
into the land: Sa1 27:10, Sa1 27:11, Sa1 21:10-15, Sa1 28:1, Sa1 28:2, Sa1 29:2-11, Sa1 30:1-3
David: This measure of David's, in uniting himself to the enemies of his God and people, was highly blameable; was calculated to alienate the affections of the Israelites; and led to equivocation, if not downright falsehood.
with his two: Sa1 25:3, 18-35, Sa1 25:42, Sa1 25:43, Sa1 30:5
he sought: Sa1 26:21
some town: Gen 46:34; Co2 6:17
Ziklag: Ziklag was at first given to the tribe of Judah, but was afterwards ceded to that of Simeon; but as it bordered on the Philistines, if they had ever been expelled, they had retaken it. Eusebius simply says it was situated in the south of Canaan. Sa1 30:1, Sa1 30:14, Sa1 19:5; Sa2 1:1; Ch1 4:30, Ch1 12:1, Ch1 12:20; Neh 11:28
the time: Heb. the number of days
a full year: Heb. a year of days, Sa1 29:3
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the Geshurites: Jos 13:2, Jos 13:13; Sa2 13:37, Sa2 13:38, Sa2 14:23, Sa2 14:32, Sa2 15:8; Ch1 2:23
Gezrites: or, Gerzites, These people seem to be the Gerrhenians (2; Mac 13:24) whose chief city, Gerrha, is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza and Pelusium in Egypt.
the Amalekites: Jos 16:10; Jdg 1:29; Kg1 9:15-17
as thou goest: Sa1 15:7, Sa1 15:8, Sa1 30:1; Exo 17:14-16
left neither: Sa1 15:7; Gen 16:7, Gen 25:18; Exo 15:22
and the camels: Sa1 15:3; Deu 25:17-19; Jos 6:21
Whither: etc. or, Did you not make a road
And David: Sa1 21:2; Gen 27:19, Gen 27:20, Gen 27:24; Jos 2:4-6; Sa2 17:20; Psa 119:29, Psa 119:163; Pro 29:25; Gal 2:11-13; Eph 4:25
Against: David here meant the Geshurites, and Gezrites, and Amalekites, which people occupied that part of the country which lies to the south of Judah. But Achish, as was intended, understood him in a different sense, and believed that he had attacked his own countrymen. David's answer, therefore, though not an absolute falsehood, was certainly an equivocation intended to deceive, and therefore incompatible with that sense of truth and honour which became him as a prince, and a professor of true religion. From these, and similar passages, we may observe the strict impartiality of the Sacred Scriptures. They present us with the most faithful delineation of human nature; they exhibit the frailties of kings, priests, and prophets, with equal truth; and examples of vice and frailty, as well as of piety and virtue, are held up, that we may guard against the errors to which the best men are exposed.
the Jerahmeelites: Ch1 2:9, Ch1 2:25
Kenites: Sa1 15:6; Num 24:21; Jdg 1:16, Jdg 4:11, Jdg 5:24