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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 30 This chapter relates the condition Ziklag was in when David and his men came to it, the city burnt, and their families carried captive by the Amalekites, which occasioned not only a general lamentation, but mutiny and murmuring in David's men, 1 Samuel 30:1; the inquiry David made of the Lord what he should do, who is bid to pursue the enemy; and being directed by...
John Gill
And David inquired of the Lord,.... That is, by Abiathar, who reported his questions to the Lord in his name: saying, shall I pursue after this troop? the large company of the Amalekites, as it appears by what follows they were: shall I overtake them? two questions are here put together, and answers returned to them, contrary to a notion of the Jews; [See comments on 1 Samuel 23:11]; and he...
Matthew Henry
When David was dismissed from the army of the Philistines he did not go over to the camp of Israel, but, being expelled by Saul, observed an exact neutrality, and silently retired to his own city Ziklag, leaving the armies ready to engage. Now here we are told, I. What a melancholy posture he found the city in, all laid waste by the Amalekites, and what distress it occasioned him and his men,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. But it is easier said than done. Where are they? How shall they find these fleet Amalekites Who fly away so rapidly?
Charles H. Spurgeon
And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. The Hebrew runs, “Pursue, for overtaking thou shalt overtake,...