Soak Bible
Navigate

12And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

1 Samuel 27:12

Linguistic Insight

of 10

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Commentary

Matthew Henry

(vv. 8-12)

Here is an account of David’s actions while he was in the land of the Philistines, a fierce attack he made upon some remains of the devoted nations, his success in it, and the representation he gave of it to Achish. 1. We may acquit him of injustice and cruelty in this action because those people whom he cut off were such as heaven had long since doomed to destruction, and he that did it was one w...

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.