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1 Samuel 30:4
1 Samuel 30:4
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1 Samuel 30 — Overview1 Samuel 30 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWhen 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…1 Samuel 30 — Overview1 Samuel 30 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledge1 Samuel 30:1, The Amalekites spoil Ziklag; 1 Samuel 30:4, David asking counsel, is encouraged by God to pursue them; 1 Samuel 30:11, By the means of a revived Egyptian he is brought to the enemies, and recovers all the…1 Samuel 30 — Overview1 Samuel 30 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis 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…1 Samuel 30:1-61 Samuel 30:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere we have, I. The descent which the Amalekites made upon Ziklag in
David's absence, and the desolations they made there. They surprised
the city when it was left unguarded, plundered it, burnt it, and…1 Samuel 30:41 Samuel 30:4 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgelifted up: 1 Samuel 4:13, 1 Samuel 11:4; Genesis 37:33-35; Numbers 14:1, Numbers 14:39; Judges 2:4, Judges 21:2; Ezra 10:1