And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
were come
1 Samuel 29:11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return …
2 Samuel 1:2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out …
on the third This was the third day after he had left the Philistine army at Aphek, from which place, Calmet supposes, Ziklag was distant more than thirty leagues.
the Amalekites
1 Samuel 15:7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, …
1 Samuel 27:8-10 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the …
Genesis 24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelled …
Joshua 11:6 And the LORD said to Joshua, Be not afraid because of them…
And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
lifted up
1 Samuel 4:13 And when he came, see, Eli sat on a seat by the wayside watching: …
1 Samuel 11:4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings …
Genesis 37:33-35 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has …
Numbers 14:1,39 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the …
Judges 2:4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words …
Judges 21:2 And the people came to the house of God, and stayed there till even …
Ezra 10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and …
And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
two wives
1 Samuel 1:2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name …
1 Samuel 25:42,43 And Abigail hurried, and arose and rode on an donkey, with five damsels …
1 Samuel 27:3 And David dwelled with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man …
2 Samuel 2:2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, …
2 Samuel 3:2,3 And to David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, …
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
was greatly
Genesis 32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the …
Psalm 25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring you me out of my distresses.
Psalm 42:7 Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterspouts: all your waves …
Psalm 116:3,4,10 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold …
2 Corinthians 1:8,9 For we would not, brothers, have you ignorant of our trouble which …
2 Corinthians 4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, …
2 Corinthians 7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but …
the people
Exodus 17:4 And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, What shall I do to this people? …
Numbers 14:10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones…
Psalm 62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a …
Matthew 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, …
Matthew 27:22 Pilate said to them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called …
grieved [heb] bitter
1 Samuel 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept sore.
Judges 18:25 And the children of Dan said to him, Let not your voice be heard …
2 Samuel 17:8 For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they be …
2 Kings 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by …
David
Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain my …
Psalm 18:6 In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard …
Psalm 26:1,2 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted …
Psalm 27:1-3 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD …
Psalm 34:1-8 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually …
Psalm 40:1,2 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry…
Psalm 42:5,11 Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted in me? …
Psalm 56:3,4,11 What time I am afraid, I will trust in you…
Psalm 62:1,5,8 Truly my soul waits on God: from him comes my salvation…
Psalm 118:8-13 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man…
Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe.
Isaiah 25:4 For you have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy …
Isaiah 37:14-20 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, …
Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of …
Habakkuk 3:17,18 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in …
Romans 4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father …
Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
2 Corinthians 1:6,9,10 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation…
Hebrews 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not …
And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
enquired
1 Samuel 23:2,4,10-12 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite …
Judges 20:18,23,28 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, …
2 Samuel 5:19,23 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? …
Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding…
he answered him
1 Samuel 14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? …
1 Samuel 28:6,15,16 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither …
Numbers 27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel …
Psalm 50:15 And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you …
Psalm 91:15 He shall call on me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in …
So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
for two hundred
1 Samuel 14:20,31 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, …
Judges 8:4,5 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred …
the brook Besor This brook or torrent, it is evident from the circumstances of the history, must be in the south-west part of Judea, and must empty itself into the Mediterranean Sea. In the more particular situation of it writers are not agreed. some suppose it to be between Gaza and Rhinocorura; but Jerome places it between Rhinocorura and Egypt. it is supposed by some to be the same as the river of the wilderness, (Am
1 Samuel 6:14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood …
Joshua 15:4 From there it passed toward Azmon, and went out to the river of Egypt; …
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
gave him
Deuteronomy 15:7-11 If there be among you a poor man of one of your brothers within any …
Deuteronomy 23:7 You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall …
Proverbs 25:21 If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, …
Matthew 25:35 For I was an hungered, and you gave me meat: I was thirsty, and you …
Luke 10:36,37 Which now of these three, think you, was neighbor to him that fell …
Romans 12:20,21 Therefore if your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him …
And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
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.
We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
the Cherethites Calmet and others suppose that these people, who inhabited the same district as the Philistines, were the aborigines of the island of Crete, for which they derived their name.
1 Samuel 30:16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad …
2 Samuel 8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and …
1 Kings 1:38,44 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son …
1 Chronicles 18:17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the …
Ezekiel 25:16 Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out my hand …
Zephaniah 2:5 Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! …
Caleb A district in the south of Judea, in which were the cities of Kirjath-Arba or Hebron, and Kirjath-sepher, belonging to the family of Caleb.
Joshua 14:13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron …
Joshua 15:13 And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children …
we burned
1 Samuel 30:1-3 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on …
And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
Swear
1 Samuel 29:6 Then Achish called David, and said to him, Surely, as the LORD lives, …
Joshua 2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by the LORD, since I have …
Joshua 9:15,19,20 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to …
Ezekiel 17:13,16,19 And has taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and …
nor deliver
Deuteronomy 23:15,16 You shall not deliver to his master the servant which is escaped …
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
when he
Judges 1:24,25 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said …
eating
1 Samuel 25:36-38 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, …
Exodus 32:6,17-19,27,28 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, …
Judges 16:23-30 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer …
2 Samuel 13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark you now when …
Isaiah 22:13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating …
Daniel 5:1-4 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, …
Luke 12:19,20 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for …
Luke 17:27-29 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in …
Luke 21:34,35 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged …
1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction …
Revelation 11:10-13 And they that dwell on the earth shall rejoice over them, and make …
because of all
Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite …
And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
1 Samuel 30:8 And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this …
Genesis 14:14-16 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed …
Numbers 31:49 And they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men …
Job 1:10 Have not you made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about …
Psalm 34:9,10 O fear the LORD, you his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him…
Psalm 91:9,10 Because you have made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most …
Matthew 6:33 But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and …
And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
wicked
1 Samuel 22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, …
1 Samuel 25:17,25 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined …
Deuteronomy 13:13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, …
Judges 19:22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the …
1 Kings 21:10,13 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against …
those [heb] the men
Because
Matthew 7:12 Therefore all things whatever you would that men should do to you, …
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
my brethren
Genesis 19:7 And said, I pray you, brothers, do not so wickedly.
Judges 19:23 And the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said …
Acts 7:2 And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen; The God of glory …
Acts 22:1 Men, brothers, and fathers, hear you my defense which I make now to you.
which the Lord
1 Samuel 30:8 And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this …
1 Samuel 2:7 The LORD makes poor, and makes rich: he brings low, and lifts up.
Numbers 31:49-54 And they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men …
Deuteronomy 8:10,18 When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your …
1 Chronicles 29:12-14 Both riches and honor come of you, and you reign over all; and in …
Habakkuk 1:16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their …
who hath
Psalm 44:2-7 How you did drive out the heathen with your hand, and planted them; …
Psalm 121:7,8 The LORD shall preserve you from all evil: he shall preserve your soul…
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
forward [heb] and forward
And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;
to his friends
1 Chronicles 12:1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept …
Psalm 35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: …
Psalm 68:18 You have ascended on high, you have led captivity captive: you have …
Proverbs 18:16-24 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men…
Isaiah 32:8 But the liberal devises liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
present [heb] blessing
1 Samuel 25:27 And now this blessing which your handmaid has brought to my lord, …
Genesis 33:11 Take, I pray you, my blessing that is brought to you; because God …
2 Kings 5:15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, …
2 Corinthians 9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers, that they …
To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
Beth-el Probably not the celebrated city of this name, but {Bethul} a city of Simeon, (jos
1 Samuel 19:4 And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to …
Genesis 28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that …
Joshua 16:2 And goes out from Bethel to Luz, and passes along to the borders …
Judges 1:22,23 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the …
1 Kings 12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
south Ramoth. A city of Simeon; so called to distinguish it from Ramoth gilead beyond Jordan.
Joshua 19:8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, …
Ramath
Jattir
Joshua 15:48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
Joshua 21:14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,
Hormah
Joshua 19:4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
Judges 1:17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites …
Chorashan Probably the same as Ashan in Simeon
Joshua 15:42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
Joshua 19:7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
which Eusebius says was sixteen miles west from Jerusalem
And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
