1 Samuel 23:27

But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
came	בָּ֔א Ba'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
messenger	וּמַלְאָ֣ךְ u.mal.'Akh	H4397	a messenger · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Saul	שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul	H7586	Shaul · proper noun, a man's name
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Haste	מַהֲרָ֣ה ma.ha.Rah	H4116	properly · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he
come	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
Philistines	פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים fe.lish.Tim	H6430	a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth · noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
invaded	פָשְׁט֥וּ fa.she.Tu	H6584	to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
land	הָאָֽרֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Kings 19:9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, sa…
Psalms 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
Deuteronomy 32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up,…
1 Chronicles 14:13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
Revelation 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 23:19–end

Here, 1. The Ziphites offer their service to Saul, to betray David to him, Sa1 23:19, Sa1 23:20. He was sheltering himself in the wilderness of Ziph (Sa1 23:14, Sa1 23:15), putting the more confidence in the people of that country because they were of his own tribe. They had reason to think themselves happy that they had an opportunity of serving one who was the ornament of their tribe and was likely to be much more so, who was so far from plundering the country, or giving it any disturbance with his troops, that he was ready to protect it and to them all the good offices that there was occasion for. But, to ingratiate themselves with Saul, they went to him, and not only informed him very pa…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 23:25

David . . . came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon--Tell Main, the hillock on which was situated the ancient Maon (Jos 15:55), and from which the adjoining wilderness took its name, is one mile north, ten east from Carmel. The mountain plateau seems here to end. It is true the summit ridge of the southern hills runs out a long way further towards the southwest; but towards the southeast the ground sinks more and more down to a tableland of a lower level, which is called "the plain to the right hand [that is, to the south] of the wilderness" [VAN DE VELDE].

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 23:27

There came a messenger - See the providence of God exerted for the salvation of David's life! David and his men are almost surrounded by Saul and his army, and on the point of being taken, when a messenger arrives and informs Saul that the Philistines had invaded the land! But behold the workings of Providence! God had already prepared the invasion of the land by the Philistines, and kept Saul ignorant how much David was in his power; but as his advanced guards and scouts must have discovered him in a very short time, the messenger arrives just at the point of time to prevent it. Here David was delivered by God, and in such a manner too as rendered the Divine interposition visible.

John Gill on 1 Samuel 23:27

Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Samuel 23:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 23:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 23:25

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 23:27

John Gill on 1 Samuel 23:27

Dictionary and topics

1 Samuel 23:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 23:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 23:25

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 23:27

John Gill on 1 Samuel 23:27

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 23:26-27

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 23:24

Rashi on 1 Samuel 23:27