1 Samuel 29:7
in 1 Samuel 29Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
KJV
Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 29
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe princes - The Lords of the other eminent cities, who were confederate with him in this expedition. These days or years - That is, did I say days? He hath now been with me a full year and four months, chap. xxvii, 7, and he was with me some years ago, chap. xxi, 10, and since their time hath been known to me.
This site's exposition
As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight
on 1 Samuel 29:6-7
Achish swears “As surely as the LORD lives,” a Philistine king using the covenant name of Israel's God. Some older commentators read it as something learned in David's company. He lays the whole dismissal on the leaders and praises David in the same breath he sends him away.
This site's exposition
turn back now and go in peace
Achish sends David back before the leaders take fresh offense. Matthew Henry says the early start served the same end, as the leaders would grow more suspicious if David stayed. Albert Barnes sees Providence in the dismissal, which sent David home in time to recover his wives at Ziklag.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Wherefore now return,....
5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? The great strait that David was in, which we may suppose he himself was aware of, though we read not of his asking advice from God, nor of any project of his own to get clear of it.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֥ה | veatah | and therefore | H6258 → | 433 times |
| שׁ֖וּב | shuv | turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| וְלֵ֣ךְ | velekh | and go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְּשָׁל֑וֹם | beshalom | in peace | H7965 → | 236 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה | taaseh | you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| רָ֔ע | ra' | evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֖י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| סַרְנֵ֥י | sarnei | [the] rulers of | H5633 → | 22 times |
| פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ ס | felishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
וְעַתָּ֥הand therefore
veatahH6258 →433 times
שׁ֖וּבturn back
shuvH7725 →1056 times
וְלֵ֣ךְand go
velekhH1980 →1546 times
בְּשָׁל֑וֹםin peace
beshalomH7965 →236 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
תַעֲשֶׂ֣הyou will do
taasehH6213 →2628 times
רָ֔עevil
ra'H7451 →662 times
בְּעֵינֵ֖יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
סַרְנֵ֥י[the] rulers of
sarneiH5633 →22 times
פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ ס[the] Philistines
felishtimH6430 →287 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 22:34“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:24
Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
- Job 34:31–32
Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
- 2 Samuel 12:13
Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
- 1 Samuel 15:30
“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
- 1 Samuel 26:21
Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave…
- 1 Samuel 15:24
About 1 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.