1 Samuel 27:4

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

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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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And it was told Saul. — This short statement tells us plainly that up to the moment when Saul heard that David had crossed the frontier, he had not...
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

(3) And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and A...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath ,.... Who very probably had his spies out to watch his motions, and report to him where he was, and...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. Ver. 4. That David was fled to Gath. ] Such news would fly...
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 Returns to Gath. B. C. 1055. 1 A...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By which it is implied that he would have gone on in persecuting David, if he had continued in his dominions.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Decides To Move To Gath And Is Welcomed By Achish ( 1 Samuel 27:1-4 ). It is easy to understand the reason why David moved to Gath. He had a...
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 in Gath and Ziklag
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath, where the latter had some leisure to devote to music and poetry, Psalms 8; and he sought no more a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 26:21
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sought no more for him — At their meeting Saul's heart was deeply wounded, and he had said, "Return, my son David, Be with me as in time past." Nor...

⁴ And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 27:4

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes 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

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 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 27:4