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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then said David, ye shall not do so, my brethren,.... Though he saw through their wickedness, and disapproved of the bad sentiments they had embraced, yet he deals gently with them, calling them brethren, being of the same nation and religion, and his fellow soldiers; yet at the same time keeps up and maintains his dignity and authority as a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
With that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For who will hearken unto you in fit is matter?,.... No wise and just man will take on your side of the question, and join with you in excluding your brethren from a share in the spoil: but as his part [is] that goeth down to the battle, so [shall] his part [be] that tarrieth by the stuff; as these two hundred men did; they were placed to abide by...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it was [so] from that day forward,.... Or "upwards" (x), of old, formerly; and so may refer either to what was done at the war with Midian, Numbers 31:27; or in the times of Abraham, Genesis 14:23; and so Jarchi observes, it is not said, "henceforward", but "upwards", it being a statute and custom in the days of Abraham; the same he notes on...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when David came to Ziklag,.... Perhaps with an intention to rebuild it, and make it still the place of his residence; and it is possible there might be some houses that escaped flames, and if not, tents might be pitched until the city was rebuilt, and it appears that he continued there some time: he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah: of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
To [them] which [were] in Bethel,.... One part of the spoil was sent to them; not to those in Bethel, in the tribe of Benjamin, but in Kirjathjearim, called Bethel, or the house of God, because the ark was there, see 1 Samuel 7:1; moreover, this place was also called Baalah, which some think is referred to here, see Joshua 15:9; and to [them]...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And to [them] which [were] in Aroer,.... Not Aroer in the tribe of Gad beyond Jordan, where David is never said to be, but some city of this name in the tribe of Judah; the Greek version of Jos 15:22, instead of Adadah, has Arouel: and to [them] which [were] in Siphmoth; which very probably was in the tribe of Judah, though nowhere else mentioned:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And to [them] which [were] in Rachal,.... Another city of the tribe of Judah, but nowhere else spoken of: and to [them] which [were] in the cities of the Jerahmeelites: which lay to the south of Judah, 1 Samuel 27:10; and to [them] which [were] in the cities of the Kenites; who dwelt in the wilderness of Judah, in the south of Arad, Jude 1:16.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And to [them] which [were] in Hormah,.... This was a city also in the tribe of Judah; of which see Joshua 15:30; and to [them] which [were] in Chorashan; or the lake of Ashan, which was in the same tribe, see Joshua 15:42; and to [them] which [were] in Athach; nowhere else mentioned; the Greek version has Nombe instead of it, which some take to be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And to [them] which [were] in Hebron,.... A noted city in the tribe of Judah, in the mountainous part of it, and a city of refuge, and where David was afterwards anointed, first king over Judah, and then over Israel, 2 Samuel 2:4; and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt; where they had their walks, and went to and...