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.
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Gill's Exposition
And David was greatly distressed,.... Partly for the loss of his two wives, and partly because of the mutiny and murmuring of his men:
for the people spake of stoning him; as the Israelites did of…
Adam Clarke
The people spake of stoning him - David had done much to civilize those men; but we find by this of what an unruly and ferocious spirit they were; and yet they strongly felt the ties of natural…
Here 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,…
Cambridge Bible
spake of stoning him Cp. Exo 17:4; Num 14:10. They laid the blame on him, because he had left no force to guard Ziklag.
was grieved Was exasperated, lit. "was bitter." Cp. 1Sa 22:2.
encouraged himself…
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