1 Samuel 27:9

1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 15:7; Deuteronomy 25:17-19; Exodus 15:22; Genesis 16:7; Genesis 25:18; Joshua 6:21

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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 res...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in 1 Samuel 27:9 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the app...
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 S...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Left ] The tense of the verb denotes David's habitual practice. He never left any one alive to tell the tale.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And left neither man nor woman alive. — These acts of ferocious barbarity are simply without excuse; the reason for them is told us in 1 Samuel 27...
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 declin...
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 pre...
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."...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David smote the land ,.... In which the above mentioned people dwelt, that is, the inhabitants of it: and left neither man nor woman alive ; f...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the appare...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And left neither man nor woman alive In that part where he came; but there were many of the Amalekites yet left in another part of that land.
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 Philis...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Smites the Amalekites. B. C. 1055. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Left neither man nor woman alive, to wit, in that part where he came; but there were more of the Amalekites yet left in another part of that land,...
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 imp...
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...
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 )....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Campaign Against the Heathen
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, since they would naturally inform against him, and took away the sheep, and the oxen...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let neither man, &c. — In that part where he came: but there were more of the Amalekites yet left in another part of that land.

⁹ And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 27:9

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 27:9