1 Samuel 30:20

drave. drave in triumph.

cattle. spoils. Hebrew acquisition, or substance.

Related Commentaries of 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 catt...
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 Am...
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...
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 th...
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, a...
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.
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The LXX has no word corresponding to 'David': 'and they took all the sheep and oxen (i.e. those belonging to the Amalekites) and drave them before th...
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 rea...
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 h...
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 q...
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...
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...
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 proper...
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...
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...
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 d...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Recovers the Spoil. B. C. 1055. ...
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 whi...
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 Amalek...
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 souther...
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 kn...
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 Am...
The Biblical Illustrator

This is David’s spoil. David’s spoil David may be regarded as a very special type of our Lord Jesus Christ. I. We begin with the first obser...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

David Recovers the Spoil
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And David took all the flocks and the herds, those captured from the Amalekites in addition to the recovered property of the raided territory, which...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 30:26 ; 2 Chronicles 20:25 ; Isaiah 53:12 ; Numbers 31:9-12 ; Romans 8:37
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 st...

²⁰ And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 30:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 30:20