1 Samuel 27:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. ”

1 Samuel 27:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ziklag - This was properly one of the cities of Simeon within the tribe of Judah (marginal references), but it had been taken possession of by the Philistines. The exact situation of it is uncert...
1 Samuel 27:6 - 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 27:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ziklag . An outpost which protected Gath.
1 Samuel 27:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. Achish gave him Ziklag - Ziklag was at first given to the tribe of Judah, but afterwards it wa...
1 Samuel 27:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ziklag— Ziklag was situated on the southern frontiers of Judah, not far from Hormah. See Joshua 15:30-31 . Le Clerc conjectures from this verse, that the present book was written after the separ...
1 Samuel 27:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. Ziklag. Though originally assigned to Judah ( Joshua 15:31 ), and subsequently to Sime...
1 Samuel 27:6 - 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 27:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ziklag. — In the days of Joshua this place fell to the lot of Simeon ( Joshua 19:5 ). It was afterwards captured by the Philistines, not long before the time of David, and Keil thinks was left with...
1 Samuel 27:6 - 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 27:6 - 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 27:6 - 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 27:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(5) And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal ci...
1 Samuel 27:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day ,.... A city which in the division of the land was given to the tribe of Judah, and after that to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 15:31 ; though it seems not to hav...
1 Samuel 27:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. Ver. 6. Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day. ] Hungry Ziklag - augustia sextarii, so it...
1 Samuel 27:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Achish gave him Ziklag Not only that he might inhabit it for the present, but possess it as his own in future. This Achish did, either out of his royal bounty, or on condition of some service which...
1 Samuel 27:6 - 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 27:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Returns to Gath. B. C. 1055. 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one...
1 Samuel 27:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Gave him Ziklag; not only to inhabit, but to possess it as his own; which he did, to lay the greater obligations upon David, whom he knew so able to serve him. Pertaineth unto the kings of Judah:...
1 Samuel 27:6 - 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 27:6 - 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 27:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day. God’s restoring mercy Throughout that season of declension and relapse ( 1 Samuel 27:1-12 , Psalms 10:1-18 ) the loving mercy of God hovered tenderly over...
1 Samuel 27:6 - 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 27:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David in Gath and Ziklag
1 Samuel 27:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 12:1 ; 1 Chronicles 12:20 ; 1 Chronicles 4:30 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 ; 1 Samuel 30:1 ; 1 Samuel 30:14 ; 2 Samuel 1:1 ; Nehemiah 11:28
1 Samuel 27:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Gave Ziklag — Not only to inhabit, but to possess it as his own. Which he did, to lay the greater obligations upon David, whom he knew so able to serve him. It was given to the tribe of Judah befor...

1 Samuel 27:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 27:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 27:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 27:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 27:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 27:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 27:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 27:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 27:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 27:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 27:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 27:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 27:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 27:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 27:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 27:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 27:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 27:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 27:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 27:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 27:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 27:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 27:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 27:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 27:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes