1 Samuel 30:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. ”

1 Samuel 30:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The meaning is, “and David took all the sheep and oxen which the Amalekites drove” (i. e. had in their possession) “before that acquisition of cattle” (namely, before what they took in their raid t...
1 Samuel 30:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drave before those [other] cattle, and said, This [is] David's (k) spoil. (k) Which the Amalekites had taken from others, and David from the...
1 Samuel 30:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 30. Amalekite Raid on Ziklag. Cf. above. 1 Samuel 30:1-6 . On reaching Ziklag, David found that the Amalekites had sacked the town and carried off the families and property of himse...
1 Samuel 30:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

drave . drave in triumph. cattle . spoils. Hebrew acquisition, or substance.
1 Samuel 30:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. And David took all the flocks - He and his men not only recovered all t...
1 Samuel 30:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And David took all the stocks and the herds, &c.— To crown his success, David and his men not only recovered every man his wife and children, and every thing they had lost; but all the plunder...
1 Samuel 30:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Samuel 30:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Amalekites raid Ziklag, and are pursued by David 2. Slew not any] They would be valuable as slaves.
1 Samuel 30:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The flocks and the herds, which they drave. — In the English translation the word “which,” inserted in italics, obscures the sense; the literal reading is, “And David took all the flocks and the he...
1 Samuel 30:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXV. DAVID AT ZIKLAG. 1 Samuel 30:1-31 . AFTER David had received from King Achish the appointment of captain of his body guard, he had with his troops accompanied the Philistine army...
1 Samuel 30:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sharing the Spoil 1 Samuel 30:16-31 He that lays hold on God's strength will be courteous in his behavior to the weak and weary, and will not quail before the clamor of men of Belial. Thus we a...
1 Samuel 30:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Being thus delivered, David returned to Ziklag. In his absence it had been sacked by the Amalekites. Immediately the true spirit of patriotic heroism was stirred within him, and he moved with rapid d...
1 Samuel 30:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the...
1 Samuel 30:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David took all the flocks, and the herds ,.... Which they had taken from the land of the Philistines, or which belonged to the Amalekites properly: [which] they drave before those [other] catt...
1 Samuel 30:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drave before those [other] cattle, and said, This [is] David's spoil. Ver. 20. And David took all the flocks, ] i.e., All the rest of t...
1 Samuel 30:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David took all the flocks Which had been taken by the Amalekites from the Philistines and others. Which they drave before those other cattle His soldiers drave them before those cattle that belon...
1 Samuel 30:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Returning to Ziklag, David and his men find themselves described by the meaning of Zikiag's name, "enveloped in grief." They had been at least some days away, and the Amalekites had invaded the land,...
1 Samuel 30:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Recovers the Spoil. B. C. 1055. 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimele...
1 Samuel 30:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All the flocks and the herds, to wit, which the Amalekites had taken from the Philistines, or others. Before those other cattle; before those which belonged to Ziklag. This is David's spoil, i....
1 Samuel 30:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David And His Men Pursue The Amalekites And Destroy Them, Recovering All That They Had Lost And More In Abundance ( 1 Samuel 30:7-20 ). The Amalekites, aware that any opposition to what they had d...
1 Samuel 30:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 30:1 . “The south,” or the Negeb , the south country, so called by the Israelites as being the southern part of Palentine. 1 Samuel 30:2 . “They slew...
1 Samuel 30:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 30:7 . Abiathar brought the ephod. None but the priest could wear this, and as the highpriest could not consult the oracle without the knowledge of his sovereign, Abiathar wore the ephod,...
1 Samuel 30:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

When David and his men were come to Ziklag. David in three situations at Ziklag in his distress, on his way to the Amalekites, and among the Amalekites. I. David in his distress. See in it t...
1 Samuel 30:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

DAVID RESCUES HIS WIVES FROM THE AMALEKITES ( 1 Samuel 30:1-9 ). EXPOSITION DAVID UPON HIS RETURN FINDS ZIKLAG BURNT BY THE AMALEKITES ( 1 Samuel 30:1-9 )....
1 Samuel 30:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David Recovers the Spoil
1 Samuel 30:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 30:26 ; 2 Chronicles 20:25 ; Isaiah 53:12 ; Numbers 31:9-12 ; Romans 8:37
1 Samuel 30:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Other cattle — Before those that belonged to Ziklag. David's spoil — The soldiers, who lately were so incensed against David, that they spake of stoning him: now upon this success magnify him, and...

1 Samuel 30:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 30:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 30:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 30:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 30:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 30:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 30:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 30:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 30:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 30:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 30:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 30:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 30:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 30:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 30:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 30:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 30:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 30:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 30:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 30:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 30:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 30:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 30:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 30:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 30:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 30:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 30:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes