1 Samuel 29:1
in 1 Samuel 29Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the fountain which is in Jezreel.
KJV
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 29
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
A fountain - Probably, the fine spring Ain-Jalud. It is impossible to say what the special circumstances were which led to the struggle between Israel and the Philistines taking place so far north as the plain of Jezreel. Possibly it was connected with some movements of the Aramaic tribes to the north of Palestine. See 2 Sam. 8.
This site's exposition
gathered together all their armies to Aphek
on 1 Samuel 29:1-2
The armies gather at Aphek in the north while Israel camps by the fountain in Jezreel, the same ground where Saul's line falls in chapter thirty-one. David rides in the rear guard with Achish, a captain in a foreign king's army after a year and four months at Ziklag, the last stage of the outlaw years that began at Adullam. The chapter opens with David positioned exactly where he must be removed from, inside the very army marching toward the field where Saul dies.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
But also Israel encamped by the fountain, etc. The fountain which was in Jezreel, that is, in the seed of God, indicates the baptismal washing, by which the children of the Church are regenerated through the grace of the Holy Spirit. If therefore you understand …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek,....
Achish, who had been kind to David, had obliged him to come himself and bring the forces he had into his service. David came accordingly, and, upon a review of the army, was found with Achish, in the post assigned him in the rear,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
A person who compares the Bible account of Saul's last battle with the Philistines, with the region around Gilboa, has the same sort of evidence that the account relates what is true, that a person would have that such a battle as Waterloo really took place. Gilboa, Jezreel, Shunem, En-dor, are all found, still bearing the same names.
To Aphek - This was a place in the valley of Jezreel, between Mounts Tabor and Gilboa. Pitched by a fountain - To be near a fountain, or copious spring of water, was a point of great importance to an army in countries such as these, where water was so very scarce. It is supposed, as William of Tyre says, that it was at this same fountain that Saladin pitched his camp, while Baldwin, king of Jerusalem, pitched his by another fountain between Nazareth and Sephoris; each being anxious to secure that without which it was impossible for their armies to subsist.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְבְּצ֧וּ | vaiyikbetzu | and they gathered | H6908 → | 127 times |
| פְלִשְׁתִּ֛ים | felishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַחֲנֵיהֶ֖ם | machaneihem | armies their | H4264 → | 215 times |
| אֲפֵ֑קָה | ʾafekah | Aphek towards | H663 → | |
| וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל | veyisrael | and Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| חֹנִ֔ים | chonim | [were] encamped | H2583 → | 143 times |
| בַּעַ֖יִן | baayin | at the spring | H5869 → | 887 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בְּיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃ | beyizreel | [is] in Jezreel | H3157 → | 36 times |
וַיִּקְבְּצ֧וּand they gathered
vaiyikbetzuH6908 →127 times
פְלִשְׁתִּ֛ים[the] Philistines
felishtimH6430 →287 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מַחֲנֵיהֶ֖םarmies their
machaneihemH4264 →215 times
אֲפֵ֑קָהAphek towards
ʾafekahH663 →
וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣לand Israel
veyisraelH3478 →2507 times
חֹנִ֔ים[were] encamped
chonimH2583 →143 times
בַּעַ֖יִןat the spring
baayinH5869 →887 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בְּיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃[is] in Jezreel
beyizreelH3157 →36 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
2 Kings 9:30Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 4:30
And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain;…
- Ezekiel 23:40
Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.
- Ezekiel 24:17
Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
- 1 Kings 19:1–2
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
- 1 Peter 3:3
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
- Jeremiah 4:30
Through
1 Kings 20:30The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 22:25
Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:24
Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
- 1 Kings 22:25
Through
1 Kings 21:1Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
it leads to
- Joshua 19:18
Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
- Joshua 19:18
About 1 Samuel
Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.