1 Samuel 29:9 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 29:9

Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’

BSB

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ASV

And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

KJV

And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

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Commentary

4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

As an angel of God - There is some reason to think that Achish had actually embraced or was favourably disposed towards the Jewish religion. He speaks here of the angels of God, as a Jew might be expected to speak; and in 1Sa 29:6 he appeals to, and swears by Jehovah; which, perhaps, no Philistine ever did. It is possible that he might have learned many important truths from David, during the time he sojourned with him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The 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.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Angel of God - In whom nothing is blame-worthy. The Heathens acknowledged good spirits, which also they worshipped as an inferior sort of deities, who were messengers and ministers to the supreme God;

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

What Achish says of David, God, by the prophet, says of the house of David ( Zech. xii. 8 ), that it shall be as the angel of the Lord. But the former is a court-compliment; the latter is a divine promise.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֣עַן	vai.Ya.'an	and he answered	H6030 →
אָכִישׁ֮	'a.Khish	Achish	H397 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
דָּוִד֒	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
יָדַ֕עְתִּי	ya.Da'.ti	I know	H3045 →
כִּ֣י	ki	that	H3588 →
ט֥וֹב	Tov	[are] good	H2896 →
אַתָּ֛ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
בְּעֵינַ֖י	be.'ei.Nai	in view my	H5869 →
כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ	ke.mal.'Akh	like an angel of	H4397 →
אֱלֹהִ֑ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
אַ֣ךְ	'akh	nevertheless	H389 →
שָׂרֵ֤י	sa.Rei	[the] commanders of	H8269 →
פְלִשְׁתִּים֙	fe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →
אָֽמְר֔וּ	'a.me.Ru	they have said	H559 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יַעֲלֶ֥ה	ya.'a.Leh	he will go up	H5927 →
עִמָּ֖נוּ	'i.Ma.nu	with us	H5973 →
בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃	ba.mil.cha.Mah	in <the> battle	H4421 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 14:20
Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 14:17
  And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God.…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Samuel 14:17
And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God.…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 19:27
  and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Samuel 19:27
and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 14:20
  Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 16:3
  “Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my…
Through
Galatians 4:14
And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus…
leads to
- Matthew 10:40
  He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13
  And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the…
- Hebrews 13:2
  Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
Through
1 Samuel 29:4
But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 14:21
  And the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps of the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

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02Original language & word study

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06About 1 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About 1 Samuel