1 Samuel 22:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a treea in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) ”

1 Samuel 22:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Under a tree in Ramah - Rather, “under the tamarisk-tree on the high place,” where he always held such meetings. It was a kind of parliament in the open air, and all his tribesmen gathered round...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

When Saul heard that David was (e) discovered, and the men that [were] with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants [were] standing ab...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22. David at Adullam and Moab: Massacre at Nob (J). The series of narratives in ch. 22 may very well come from the same ancient document, and be the continuation of 1 Samuel 21:1-9 ....
1 Samuel 22:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

men . Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14. now Saul . Note the Figure of speech Parenthesis. App-6. in Ramah . Or, in the high place.
1 Samuel 22:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 . ( Now Saul abode in Gibeah, &c.— Though mean people, travelling in the East, might make use of trees for shelter, we may perhaps think it almost incredible that kings...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David in the Cave of Adullam. Saul's Slaughter of the Priests at Nob 1. Adullam] probably in the valley of Elah between Philistia and Hebron.
1 Samuel 22:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When Saul heard. — No note of time is here given. Probably the return of David with a disciplined force to the land, and the pitching of an armed camp in the “forest of Hareth,” excited anew Saul’s...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Captain of an Outlawed Band 1 Samuel 22:1-10 What a striking analogy there is between the gathering of these outlawed men to David, and the attraction of publicans and sinners, in all ages, to...
1 Samuel 22:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leaving Gath, David took refuge in the cave of Adullam, where there gathered to him a band of the outcasts of his own people. They are graphically described as those in "distress," in "debt," and "di...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) В¶ When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing abo...
1 Samuel 22:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that [were] with him ,.... That it was known where David was, and what number of men were gathered to him, and that they now openly appeared in...
1 Samuel 22:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that [were] with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants [were] standing about...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Having his spear in his hand It seems, as an ensign of majesty, for in old times kings carried a spear instead of a sceptre. Ye Benjamites You that are of my own tribe and kindred, from whom Davi...
1 Samuel 22:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David wrote 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 f...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul Destroys the Lord's Priests; the City of Nob Destroyed. B. C. 1057. 6 When Saul h...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In Ramah, i.e. in the territory of Gibeah, in or near (for so the Hebrew particle is oft used, as hath been showed) Ramah . Or, in the town of Gibeah in a high place; for so the word Ramah unq...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Saul Reveals His True Colours ( 1 Samuel 22:6-19 ). While David was going through his period of refining, Saul was displaying his true colours. Unlike David he did not learn from his tribulations....
1 Samuel 22:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 22:6 . “ Abode under a tree ,” etc. Rather, was sitting under a tamarisk tree upon the height . (For Ramah see Notes on 1 Samuel 1:1 .) “Oriental princes...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 22:10 . He enquired of the Lord for him. This was a lie, which Doeg invented to ingratiate himself with Saul: 1 Samuel 22:22 ; Psalms 52:3 . 1 Samuel 22:16 . Thou shalt surely die:...
1 Samuel 22:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the prophet Gad said unto David. A friend and a foe I. The visit of Gad the seer. David had been brought very low through his own mistakes. God proved him in the hold. Then He sent to him....
1 Samuel 22:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION COMMENCEMENT OF DAVID 'S LIFE AS AN OUTLAW . 1 Samuel 22:1 The cave Adullam. According to Josephus this was situated near a city of the same name ('Ant.,' 1 Samue...
1 Samuel 22:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

When Saul heard that David was discovered, when the place of his concealment was known at court, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, under the tamarisk...
1 Samuel 22:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 18:10 ; 1 Samuel 19:9 ; 1 Samuel 20:33
1 Samuel 22:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Spear — It seems, as an ensign of majesty, for in old times kings carried a spear instead of a sceptre.

1 Samuel 22:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 22:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 22:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 22:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 22:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 22:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 22:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 22:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 22:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 22:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 22:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 22:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 22:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 22:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes