1 Samuel 27:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Achish said, Whitherd have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. ”

1 Samuel 27:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Jerahmeelites - i. e. the descendants of Jerahmeel, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah (marginal references). They were therefore a portion of the “south of Judah.” The...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the (e) Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. (e) A family of...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 27:1 to 1 Samuel 28:2 . David at Gath (J). Sequel to 1 Samuel 26:25 ( cf. 1 Samuel 21:10-15 ). 1 Samuel 27:1-6 . As a last resource David takes refuge at Gath. 1 Samuel 27:...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Whither . Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "against whom". road . raid. south. Hebrew the Negeb or hill country south of Judah.
1 Samuel 27:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. Whither have ye made...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Against the south, &c.— The answer was true, but ambiguous; for all those people actually dwelt on the south of Judah. But Achish understood the answer as meaning that the incursion was made on...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. Achish said,...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David flees to Gath, and obtains Ziklag from Achish 2. David's position now as the captain of 600 men was quite different from what it was in 1 Samuel 21:10 .
1 Samuel 27:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And David said, Against the south of Judah. — The answer of David to his sovereign lord, the King of Gath — for he was now, to all intents and purposes, a vassal prince of Achish — was simply a fal...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXIII DAVID'S SECOND FLIGHT TO GATH. 1 Samuel 27:1-12 ; 1 Samuel 28:1-2 ; 1 Samuel 29:1-11 . WE are not prepared for the sad decline in the spirit of trust which is recorded in the...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Substituting Policy for Trust 1 Samuel 27:1-12 David had every assurance that he would be king. From Samuel, Jonathan and Saul he had heard predictions of his coming exaltation; yet suddenly he...
1 Samuel 27:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

David's sense of his danger increased until he became almost pessimistic, and he said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul." And who can wonder at, or blame him? Long and wea...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) В¶ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the...
1 Samuel 27:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Achish said, whither have ye made a road today ?.... Or whither had they rushed in, or poured in and spread themselves? or where had they made their excursion to fetch in the prey and booty they...
1 Samuel 27:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. Ver. 10. Whither...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David said, Against the south of Judah , &c. David expressed himself thus ambiguously that Achish might suppose he had assaulted the land of Judah; whereas he had only fallen upon those people w...
1 Samuel 27:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

So soon after David's admirable moral victory in Chapter 26, it is sad to see his faith wavering in his decision "to escape to the land of the Philistines." Did he not remember his experience with Ac...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Smites the Amalekites. B. C. 1055. 8 And David and his men went up, and invaded...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Against the south of Judah: these and the following words are ambiguous; for they may be understood, either of the southern parts from Judah, &c., which he would have Achish understand; or of a...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 27:1 . “Saul shall despair,” or “desist from me.” “The idea of the word is, to give a thing up as impossible or useless.” (Erdmann.) 1 Samuel 27:2...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 27:8 . The Geshurites. They were a branch of the Canaanites. Joshua 12:5 . Another branch of this people resided beyond the Jordan. 2Sa 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:15 . The Gezrites are the peop...
1 Samuel 27:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

DAVID FINDS A REFUGE AT ZIKLAG ( 1 Samuel 27:1-9 .). EXPOSITION DAVID AGAIN SEEKS PROTECTION AT GATH ( 1 Samuel 27:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 27:1 David said in his heart. He...
1 Samuel 27:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Campaign Against the Heathen
1 Samuel 27:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 2:25 ; 1 Chronicles 2:9 ; 1 Samuel 15:6 ; 1 Samuel 21:2 ; 2 Samuel 17:20 ; Ephesians 4:25 ; Galatians 2:11-13 ; Genesis 27:19 ; Genesis 27:20 ; Genesis 27:24 ; Joshua 2:4-6 ;...
1 Samuel 27:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

David — These and the following words are ambiguous, and contrary to that simplicity which became David, both as a prince, and as an eminent professor of the true religion. The fidelity of Achish t...

1 Samuel 27:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 27:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 27:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 27:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 27:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 27:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 27:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 27:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 27:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 27:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 27:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 27:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 27:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 27:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 27:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 27:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 27:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 27:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 27:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 27:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 27:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 27:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 27:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 27:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 27:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes