- Bible
- 1 Samuel
- Chapter 29
- Verse 11
1 Samuel 29:11
So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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Commentary
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning,.... Being as willing and ready to go as the Philistines were desirous they should:
to return into the land of the Philistines; for now…
If the reasons Achish had to trust David were stronger than the reasons which the princes offered why they should distrust him (as I do not see that, in policy, they were, for the princes were…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
to Jezreel The Sept. reading (A B) "to fight against Israel" is plausible.