1 Samuel 30:15 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 30:15

“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”

BSB

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ASV

And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.

KJV

And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

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Commentary

4 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 36 (604)

The poor and the feeble, the blind and the lame, are called and come because the weak and the despised in this world are often quicker to hear the voice of God, as in this world they have nothing to delight them.The Egyptian servant of the Amalekites is a good example of this. When the Amalekites were plundering and moving about, he was left behind on the road sick and fainting from hunger and thirst.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This he promised David to inform him of upon condition he would spare his life and protect him from his master, who, if he could hear of him again (he thought), would add cruelty to cruelty.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Swear unto me - At the conclusion of this verse, the Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic add, that David swore to him. This is not expressed in the Hebrew, but is necessarily implied.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Swear unto me by God--Whether there was still among these idolatrous tribes a lingering belief in one God, or this Egyptian wished to bind David by the God whom the Hebrews worshipped, the solemn sanction of an oath was mutually recognized.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֵלָיו֙	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
הֲתוֹרִדֵ֖נִי	ha.to.ri.De.ni	¿ will you take down me	H3381 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַגְּד֣וּד	ha.ge.Dud	the marauding band	H1416 →
הַזֶּ֑ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
וַיֹּ֡אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הִשָּׁבְעָה֩	hi.sha.ve.'Ah	swear !	H7650 →
לִּ֨י	li	to <the> me
בֵֽאלֹהִ֜ים	ve.lo.Him	by God	H430 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
תְּמִיתֵ֗נִי	te.mi.Te.ni	you will kill me	H4191 →
וְאִם־	ve.'im-	and if	H518 →
תַּסְגִּרֵ֙נִי֙	tas.gi.Re.ni	you will deliver up me	H5462 →
בְּיַד־	be.yad-	in [the] hand of	H3027 →
אֲדֹנִ֔י	'a.do.Ni	master my	H113 →
וְאוֹרִֽדְךָ֖	ve.'o.rid.Kha	and I will take down you	H3381 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַגְּד֥וּד	ha.ge.Dud	the marauding band	H1416 →
הַזֶּֽה׃	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →

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
Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
leads to
- Jeremiah 5:2
  Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Joshua 2:12
Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign
leads to
- Joshua 2:18
  unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all…
Through
Ezekiel 17:16
‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
leads to
- Ezekiel 12:13
  But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and…
- Jeremiah 52:11
  Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.
Through
Ezekiel 17:13
He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:13
  He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 2 Kings 24:15–17
  Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Through
1 Samuel 29:6
So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in…
leads to
- 2 Kings 19:27
  But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
- 2 Samuel 3:25
  Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”

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06About 1 Samuel

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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