27:1 Saul, hearing David to be in Gath, seeks no more for him;
27:5 David begs Ziklag of Achish;
27:8 He, invading other countries, persuades Achish he fought against Judah. Verse 1am 2946, bc 1058, An, Ex, Is 433And David1 Samuel 16:1, 16:13, 23:17, 25:30; Psalm 116:11; Proverbs 13:12; Isaiah 40:27-31, 51:12; Matthew 14:31; Mark 4:40; 2 Corinthians 7:5 I shallThis was a rash conclusion: God had caused him to be anointed king of Israel, and promised his accession to the throne, and had so often interposed in his behalf, that he was authorised to believe the very reverse.perishHeb. be consumedthere is nothing1 Samuel 22:5; Exodus 14:12; Numbers 14:3; Proverbs 3:5, 3:6; Isaiah 30:15, 30:16; Lamentations 3:26, 3:27 into the land1 Samuel 27:10, 27:11, 21:10-15, 28:1, 28:2, 29:2-11, 30:1-3ReciprocalGenesis 12:12 - will kill; 14:7 - Amalekites; 19:19 - lest some; 34:30 - and I shall; 42:36 - all these things are against me; Judges 15:18 - and fall; 1 Samuel 20:3 - but truly; 23:14 - Saul; 2 Samuel 22:1 - and out; 1 Kings 12:26 - Now shall; 19:3 - he arose; 2 Kings 8:2 - land; Psalm 11:1 - how; 31:22 - I said; 34:4 - from; 55:7 - General; 56:8 - tellest; 142:4 - refuge; Proverbs 24:10 - thou; 27:8 - man; 29:25 - fear; Lamentations 3:18 - General; Acts 25:11 - I appeal; 2 Corinthians 1:8 - insomuch Verse 2DavidThis measure of David's, in uniting himself to the enemies of his God and people, was highly blameable; was calculated to alienate the affections of the Israelites; and led to equivocation, if not downright falsehood.the six1 Samuel 25:13, 30:8 Achish21:10; 1 Kings 2:40ReciprocalJudges 11:3 - vain men; 2 Samuel 2:3 - his men; 1 Kings 2:39 - Achish; 2 Kings 12:17 - against Gath; 1 Chronicles 12:1 - these are Verse 3with his two1 Samuel 25:3, 25:18-35, 25:42, 25:43, 30:5Reciprocal2 Samuel 2:3 - his men; 15:18 - Gittites; 1 Kings 2:39 - Achish; 1 Chronicles 3:1 - Ahinoam Verse 4he sought1 Samuel 26:21Reciprocal17:4 - of Gath; 1 Chronicles 18:1 - Gath Verse 5some townGenesis 46:34; 2 Corinthians 6:17ReciprocalJoshua 10:2 - the royal cities Verse 6ZiklagZiklag was at first given to the tribe of Judah, but was afterwards ceded to that of Simeon; but as it bordered on the Philistines, if they had ever been expelled, they had retaken it. Eusebius simply says it was situated in the south of Canaan. 1 Samuel 30:1, 30:14, 19:5; 2 Samuel 1:1; 1 Chronicles 4:30, 12:1, 12:20; Nehemiah 11:28ReciprocalJoshua 15:31 - Ziklag; 19:5 - Ziklag Verse 7the timeHeb. the number of daysa full yearHeb. a year of days, 1 Samuel 29:3

Verse 8am 2948, bc 1056, An, Ex, Is, 435the GeshuritesJoshua 13:2, 13:13; 2 Samuel 13:37, 13:38, 14:23, 14:32, 15:8; 1 Chronicles 2:23 Gezritesor, Gerzites, These people seem to be the Gerrhenians (2; Mac 13:24) whose chief city, Gerrha, is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza and Pelusium in Egypt.the AmalekitesJoshua 16:10; Judges 1:29; 1 Kings 9:15-17 as thou goest1 Samuel 15:7, 15:8, 30:1; Exodus 17:14-16ReciprocalNumbers 24:20 - his latter end; Deuteronomy 25:19 - thou shalt; Joshua 12:5 - unto the; 2 Samuel 1:8 - an Amalekite; 3:3 - Geshur; 1 Chronicles 18:11 - Amalek Verse 9left neither1 Samuel 15:7; Genesis 16:7, 25:18; Exodus 15:22 and the camels1 Samuel 15:3; Deuteronomy 25:17-19; Joshua 6:21ReciprocalExodus 17:14 - for I will; Numbers 24:20 - his latter end; 31:7 - all; 2 Kings 9:15 - none go forth; 1 Chronicles 18:11 - Amalek Verse 10Whitheretc. or, Did you not make a roadAnd David1 Samuel 21:2; Genesis 27:19, 27:20, 27:24; Joshua 2:4-6; 2 Samuel 17:20; Psalm 119:29, 119:163; Proverbs 29:25; Galatians 2:11-13; Ephesians 4:25 AgainstDavid here meant the Geshurites, and Gezrites, and Amalekites, which people occupied that part of the country which lies to the south of Judah. But Achish, as was intended, understood him in a different sense, and believed that he had attacked his own countrymen. David's answer, therefore, though not an absolute falsehood, was certainly an equivocation intended to deceive, and therefore incompatible with that sense of truth and honour which became him as a prince, and a professor of true religion. From these, and similar passages, we may observe the strict impartiality of the Sacred Scriptures. They present us with the most faithful delineation of human nature; they exhibit the frailties of kings, priests, and prophets, with equal truth; and examples of vice and frailty, as well as of piety and virtue, are held up, that we may guard against the errors to which the best men are exposed.the Jerahmeelites1 Chronicles 2:9, 2:25 Kenites1 Samuel 15:6; Numbers 24:21; Judges 1:16, 4:11, 5:24ReciprocalGenesis 13:1 - the south; Judges 16:7 - If they bind; 1 Samuel 27:1 - into the land; 28:2 - Surely; 30:29 - Jerahmeelites Verse 11Lest1 Samuel 22:22; Proverbs 12:19, 29:25Reciprocal1 Samuel 27:1 - into the land; 30:2 - slew not; 2 Samuel 17:20 - They be gone; Jeremiah 41:4 - after Verse 12utterly to abhorHeb. to stink, 1 Samuel 13:4; Genesis 34:30ReciprocalExodus 5:21 - to be abhorred; 21:6 - for ever; 1 Samuel 28:1 - thou shalt go; 2 Samuel 10:6 - stank; 16:21 - then shall; 17:20 - They be gone; 1 Chronicles 19:6 - odious