1 Samuel 29:4-5

4 But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said, “Send the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he will turn against us during the fighting. How better could he regain his master’s favor than by taking the heads of our own men?

5 Isn’t this the David they sang about in their dances: “ ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

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1 Samuel 29:4-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 29

This chapter gives an account of David's going forth with the armies of the Philistines, 1Sa 29:1,2; of his being objected to by the princes of the Philistines, who insisted upon his being sent back, 1Sa 29:3-5; of the report Achish made of it to David, and the discourse that passed between them upon it, 1Sa 29:6-10; whereby David had a way unexpectedly opened for him to be freed from this service, which he gladly embraced, 1Sa 29:11.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. 1 Chronicles 12:19
2. 1 Samuel 14:21
3. S 1 Samuel 18:7; 1 Samuel 21:11

1 Samuel 29:4-5

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1 Samuel 29:4-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 29

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