1 Samuel 30:13

And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
David	דָוִד֙ da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֜אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
man	נַ֧עַר Na.'ar	H5288	(concretely) a boy (as active) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Egypt	מִצְרִ֣י mitz.Ri	H4713	a Mitsrite · noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
servant	עֶ֚בֶד 'E.ved	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Amalekite	לְאִ֣ישׁ le.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
master	אֲדֹנִ֛י 'a.do.Ni	H113	sovereign · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
left	וַיַּעַזְבֵ֧נִי vai.ya.'az.Ve.ni	H5800	to loosen · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
three	שְׁלֹשָֽׁה she.lo.Shah	H7969	three · noun, common both genders singular absolute
days	הַיּ֥וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sick	חָלִ֖יתִי cha.Li.ti	H2470	properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular

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Cross-references

Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Job 31:13-15 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:7-20

Solomon observes that the righteous is delivered out of trouble and the wicked cometh in his stead, that the just falleth seven times a-day and riseth again; so it was with David. Many were his troubles, but the Lord delivered him out of them all, and particularly out of this of which we have here an account. I. He enquired of the Lord both concerning his duty - Shall I pursue after this troop? and concerning the event - Shall I overtake them? Sa1 30:8. It was a great advantage to David that he had the high priest with him and the breast-plate of judgment, which, as a public person, he might consult in all his affairs, Num 27:21. We cannot think that he left Abiathar and the ephod at Ziklag,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 30:11

they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David--Old and homeborn slaves are usually treated with great kindness. But a purchased or captured slave must look to himself; for, if feeble or sick, his master will leave him to perish rather than encumber himself with any additional burden. This Egyptian seems to have recently fallen into the hands of an Amalekite, and his master having belonged to the marauding party that had made the attack on Ziklag, he could give useful information as to the course taken by them on their return.

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 30:13

My master left me, because three days agone I fell sick - This was very inhuman: though they had booty enough, and no doubt asses sufficient to carry the invalids, yet they left this poor man to perish; and God visited it upon them, as he made this very person the means of their destruction, by the information which he was enabled to give to David and his men.

John Gill on 1 Samuel 30:13

And David said unto him, to whom belongest thou?.... To what country or people? and to whom among them? and whence art thou? of what nation? where wast thou born? what countryman art thou? for his being called an Egyptian before seems to be by anticipation, unless it was guessed at by his habit; for until he had eaten and drank he could not speak, and so could not be known by his speech: for he said, I am a young man of Egypt; that was the country he belonged to, and came from; he was an Egyptian by birth: servant to an Amalekite; one of those that had invaded the country, and burnt Ziklag, as it follows: and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick; which was very barbaro…

The Church Fathers

David therefore said to him: Whose are you, or from where? etc. It is a rule of the Church to inquire of those who defect to her from heretics through their teachers; who, before they fled, what they thought about faith, to where they tend in the future in mind. And when they have known them to contradict heresies with full intensity, and to favor the Catholic faith, then and only then should they apply the sacraments of the same faith to be reconciled with them, lest they seem to throw holy things to the dogs, and pearls to the swine. Of whose, he said, are you listeners, and of what, or to which sect are you proposing now to belong? It is necessary to reply, he who seeks to escape the snares of the heretics: I confess, I have been darkened by sins, having been devoted to listening to the heretics; but my master, who imbued me with errors, has left me: because where wars were waged against the Church, he found me less suitable in tongue or intellect for this contest; nor did he wish to take me any further into such a conflict with him. Truly, we breaking out from the south, that is, light, promising our perfect and Spirit-breathing doctrine, and brought not a few of the gentiles to our sect, and in no small part obstructed the faith of the Church.
— Bede, Commentary on Samuel

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Dictionary and topics

Amalekites — a nomadic tribe of uncertain origin, which occupied the peninsula of Sinai and the wilderness intervening between the southern hill-ranges of Palestine and the border of Egypt. (Numbers 13:29; 1…
Robbery — Practised by the Ishmaelites (Gen. 16:12), the Chaldeans and Sabeans (Job 1:15, 17), and the men of Shechem (Judg. 9:25. See also 1 Sam. 27:6-10; 30; Hos. 4:2; 6:9). Robbers infested Judea in our…
Abigail · .Taken — .Taken
Amalekites · General references — General references
Amalekites, The · Pursued and slain by David — Pursued and slain by David
Masters · Bad — Exemplified: Amalekite — Bad — Exemplified: Amalekite
Sickness · The wicked: Forsake those in — The wicked: Forsake those in

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1 Samuel 30:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:7-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 30:11

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 30:13

John Gill on 1 Samuel 30:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Samuel 30:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:7-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 30:11

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 30:13

John Gill on 1 Samuel 30:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 30:13-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 30:13

Rashi on 1 Samuel 30:10