1 Samuel 21:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. ”

1 Samuel 21:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 21. David at Nob and Gath. 1 Samuel 21:1-9 (J). From one of the ancient documents; it is not clear which of the previous sections finds its sequel here. It is often connected with 1 Sa...
1 Samuel 21:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Achish. See subscription of Psalms 55 (Comp. Bible). (Not superscription of Psalms 56 as in Authorized Version) [ Conversion Note ] Subscription of Psalms 55 reads: To the chief Musician...
1 Samuel 21:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
1 Samuel 21:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath This terror,...
1 Samuel 21:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Flight of David David first of all flees to Nob, where Ahimelech supplies him with food and gives him the sword of Goliath. He next takes refuge with Achish at Gath.
1 Samuel 21:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And David laid up these words. — Now, for the first time, David saw how widely travelled was a renown of which he in his humbleness of heart had thought so little, and at once a deadly fear took po...
1 Samuel 21:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXVIII. DAVID AT NOB AND AT GATH. 1 Samuel 21:1-15 . WE enter here on a somewhat painful part of David's history. He is not living so near to God as before; and in consequence his cour...
1 Samuel 21:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Food and Weapon: a Side Step 1 Samuel 21:1-15 David fled to Nob, at the north of the Mount of Olives, where Ahimelech presided over the relics of the ancient sanctuary. His suspicions were remo...
1 Samuel 21:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Under such trying stress, the land itself seemed too hot to hold David, and he takes refuge in flight. The story of his period of exile, with its varied experiences, follows. His movements during thi...
1 Samuel 21:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(12) And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. (13) And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled o...
1 Samuel 21:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David laid up these words in his heart ,.... Pondered upon them, and thought them over in his mind, finding that he was known, and his character also, and considered with himself what might be t...
1 Samuel 21:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. Ver. 12. And David laid up. ] He was much affected with them, and as greatly afflicted as if he had been...
1 Samuel 21:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David laid up these words in his heart It is probable he had been at first well received, but this discourse deeply affected him, and made him think himself not safe there. For, when he found that...
1 Samuel 21:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David came down to Nob, which was a cause of alarm to Ahimelech the priest, who asks why he had no man with him. It would seem from the history here that he had no-one identified with him, yet there...
1 Samuel 21:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Driven from Achish. B. C. 1057. 10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear o...
1 Samuel 21:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lest either their revenge or policy should prompt them to kill him.
1 Samuel 21:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David The Champion Slayer Is Humiliated Before The King Of Gath ( 1 Samuel 21:8-15 ). It can surely not be a coincidence that in this passage David's miserable time in Gath is preceded by a remind...
1 Samuel 21:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 21:1 . The position of Nob cannot now be determined, only from Isaiah 10:28-33 , we gather that it was on the road northward between Jerusalem and Anathot...
1 Samuel 21:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 21:1 . Nob; fifteen miles west of Jerusalem, and on the road to Gath, where the wandering ark now rested. It was a little city of priests. After they were all murdered, by Saul, the ark w...
1 Samuel 21:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then came David to Nob. Almost gone It is not easy to walk with God. I. The steps of David’s declension. The first sign of what was impending was his remark to Jonathan, that there was but a...
1 Samuel 21:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

DAVID 'S FLIGHT TO NOB , AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE PHILISTINES ( 1 Samuel 21:1-9 .). EXPOSITION DAVID 'S FLIGHT TO NOB ( 1 Samuel 21:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 21:1 Then came D...
1 Samuel 21:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David at Gath
1 Samuel 21:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 21:10 ; Genesis 12:11-13 ; Genesis 26:7 ; Luke 2:19 ; Luke 2:51 ; Psalms 119:11 ; Psalms 34:4 ; Psalms 56:3
1 Samuel 21:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Was afraid — Lest either their revenge or policy should prompt them to kill him. Perhaps he was the more apprehensive, because he wore Goliath's sword, which was probably well known at Gath. He now...

1 Samuel 21:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 21:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 21:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 21:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 21:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 21:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 21:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 21:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 21:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 21:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 21:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 21:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 21:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 21:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 21:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 21:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 21:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 21:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 21:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 21:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 21:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 21:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 21:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 21:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes