1 Samuel 30:30

And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,

EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(30) Hormah . . . Chor-ashan . . . Athach.—Hormah, called by the Canaanites Zephath, still exists in the modern village of Zep-ata. Chor-ashan is probably the same as Ashan (Joshua 15:30): it has not been discovered in modern times. Athach is quite unknown.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

30:21-31 What God gives us, he designs we should do good with. In distributing the spoil, David was just and kind. Those are men of Belial indeed, who delight in putting hardships upon their brethren, and care not who is starved, so that they may be fed to the full. David was generous and kind to all his friends. Those who consider the Lord as the Giver of their abundance, will dispose of it with fairness and liberality.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Chor-ashan - Perhaps the same as Ashan Joshua 15:42, in the Shephelah of Judah, inhabited by Simeonites, and one of the priests' cities 1 Chronicles 4:32; 1 Chronicles 6:59.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

26. when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah—This was intended as an acknowledgment to the leading men in those towns and villages of Judah which had ministered to his necessities in the course of his various wanderings. It was the dictate of an amiable and grateful heart; and the effect of this well-timed liberality was to bring a large accession of numbers to his camp (1Ch 12:22). The enumeration of these places shows what a numerous and influential party of adherents to his cause he could count within his own tribe [1Sa 30:27-31].

Matthew Poole's Commentary

No text from Poole on this verse.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And to them which were in Hormah,.... This was a city also in the tribe of Judah; of which see Joshua 15:30,

and to them which were in Chorashan; or the lake of Ashan, which was in the same tribe, see Joshua 15:42,

and to them which were in Athach; nowhere else mentioned; the Greek version has Nombe instead of it, which some take to be the same with Nob; but that was in the tribe of Benjamin.

Geneva Study Bible

And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,

EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)

Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

30. Hormah] Or Zephath (Jdg 1:17), an ancient Canaanite city (Joshua 12:14), assigned to Judah (Joshua 15:30) and transferred to Simeon (Joshua 19:4).

Chor-ashan] The true reading is Bor-ashan (= Cistern of Ashan). It was doubtless the same as Ashan, a Simeonite city in the Negeb originally given to Judah (Joshua 15:42; Joshua 19:7).

Athach] Nowhere else mentioned. Perhaps a corruption for Ether, the letters of which are very similar, (Joshua 15:42, where the Sept. reads Ithak; 1 Samuel 19:7), another city of Judah transferred to Simeon.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 30. - Hormah. Anciently called Zephath. For the reason of the change of name see Judges 1:17. Chor-ashan. More correctly Cor-ashan, the same place as Ashan (Joshua 15:42), a Simeonite town (1 Chronicles 4:32) assigned to the priests (Joshua 6:59). Athach, never mentioned elsewhere, may be a false reading for Ether (Joshua 19:7). 1 Samuel 30:30

Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

Hormah in the Negeb (Joshua 15:30) is Zephath, the present Zepta, on the western slope of the Rakhma plateau (see at Joshua 12:14). Cor-ashan, probably the same place as Ashan in the shephelah, upon the border of the Negeb, has not yet been discovered (see at Joshua 15:42). Athach is only mentioned here, and quite unknown. According to Thenius, it is probably a mistaken spelling for Ether in the tribe of Simeon (Joshua 19:7; Joshua 15:43). Hebron, the present el Khulil, Abraham's city (see at Joshua 10:3; Genesis 23:17).