1 Samuel 21:10

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, whose official title was Abimelech, Psalms 34, the king of Gath, in the Philistine country.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Achish king of Gath - It appears from the title that Psalms 34 was composed on this occasion. (See the note there.) Nothing can give a more liv...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And David arose, and (h) fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. (h) That is, out of Saul's domain.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 21. David at Nob and Gath. 1 Samuel 21:1-9 (J). From one of the ancient documents; it is not clear which of the previous sections finds...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

for fear of Saul . from the face of Saul.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. Went to Achish the king of Gath - This was the worst place...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And David—went to Achish, the king of Gath— David, being proscribed, but without reason, and being everywhere in danger in his own country, fled, a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. David ... fled that day for fear of Saul. The king'...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Flight of David David first of all flees to Nob, where Ahimelech supplies him with food and gives him the sword of Goliath. He next takes refu...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Fled that day ] He feared that Doeg would give information and that pursuit would begin at once. Gath ] This connexion with Gath brought David some...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And David arose and fled· — The cause of this sudden flight was, of course, the fear of Doeg, one of Saul’s most trusted servants. Not an hour must...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXVIII. DAVID AT NOB AND AT GATH. 1 Samuel 21:1-15 . WE enter here on a somewhat painful part of David's history. He is not living so...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Food and Weapon: a Side Step 1 Samuel 21:1-15 David fled to Nob, at the north of the Mount of Olives, where Ahimelech presided over the relics...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Under such trying stress, the land itself seemed too hot to hold David, and he takes refuge in flight. The story of his period of exile, with its var...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(10) В¶ And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. It is astonishing to see how the Lord's most emine...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul ,.... He had fled before for fear of him both from his own house, and from Naioth, 1 Samuel 19:1...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. Ver. 10. And went to Achish, ] i.e., Into his country...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David arose and fed to Achish A miserable condition, to be forced to flee to those for protection who were naturally his bitter enemies. For this w...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David came down to Nob, which was a cause of alarm to Ahimelech the priest, who asks why he had no man with him. It would seem from the history here...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Driven from Achish. B. C. 1057. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A strange action; but it must be considered, 1. That Saul's rage was so great and implacable, his power also and diligence in hunting after him so...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David The Champion Slayer Is Humiliated Before The King Of Gath ( 1 Samuel 21:8-15 ). It can surely not be a coincidence that in this passage Davi...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 21:1 . The position of Nob cannot now be determined, only from Isaiah 10:28-33 , we gather that it was o...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 21:1 . Nob; fifteen miles west of Jerusalem, and on the road to Gath, where the wandering ark now rested. It was a little city of priests...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then came David to Nob. Almost gone It is not easy to walk with God. I. The steps of David’s declension. The first sign of what was impendin...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

DAVID 'S FLIGHT TO NOB , AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE PHILISTINES ( 1 Samuel 21:1-9 .). EXPOSITION DAVID 'S FLIGHT TO NOB ( 1...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 19:3 ; 1 Samuel 27:1 ; 1 Samuel 27:2 ; Jeremiah 26:21 ; Micah 1:14 ; Psalms 34:1
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To Achish — A strange action; but it must be considered, that Saul's rage was so great, his power also, and diligence in hunting after him that he...

¹⁰ And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 21:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 21:10