1 Samuel 29:11
in 1 Samuel 29So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
KJV
So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 29
Commentary
7 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
with thy master’s servants that are come with thee
on 1 Samuel 29:10-11
David and his men rise early and turn back toward Philistine territory while the Philistines march up to Jezreel for the battle that kills Saul and Jonathan. Wesley reads the timing as more than accident, for David did not yet know Ziklag needed him, but God did, and sent him back exactly when a raided home called for a rescuer. The chapter's whole shape serves this one exit, David is removed from the field where Saul falls, so that when the news comes to him in chapter one it comes as a report rather than a memory, and his lament and his judgment on the killer of the anointed are not touched by his own hand in that battle.
This site's exposition
So David and his men got up early
The verse parts the two armies, David south toward Ziklag and the Philistines north to Jezreel for the battle in which Saul falls in chapter 31. Bede drew on the meaning of the place names, Jezreel as the seed of God and Aphek as new wrath. Three days later David reaches a burned Ziklag.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
The Philistines had gone up to Jezreel. When David departed with his men, the Philistines went up to Jezreel, that is, to combat in the seed of God, where they had previously assembled in Aphek, that is, in the new wrath. And the reprobates often, …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Rose up early - David did not then know, how necessary this was, for the relief of his own city. But God knew it well, and sent him thither accordingly.
So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning,....
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
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם | vaiyashkem | and he rose early | H7925 → | 65 times |
| דָּוִ֜ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| ה֤וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙ | vaanashav | and men his | H582 → | 566 times |
| לָלֶ֣כֶת | lalekhet | to go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בַּבֹּ֔קֶר | baboker | in the morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| לָשׁ֖וּב | lashuv | to return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | pelishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | ufelishtim | and [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| עָל֥וּ | ʾalu | they went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃ ס | yizreel | Jezreel | H3157 → | 36 times |
וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םand he rose early
vaiyashkemH7925 →65 times
דָּוִ֜דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
ה֤וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙and men his
vaanashavH582 →566 times
לָלֶ֣כֶתto go
lalekhetH1980 →1546 times
בַּבֹּ֔קֶרin the morning
babokerH1242 →214 times
לָשׁ֖וּבto return
lashuvH7725 →1056 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים[the] Philistines
pelishtimH6430 →287 times
וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםand [the] Philistines
ufelishtimH6430 →287 times
עָל֥וּthey went up
ʾaluH5927 →890 times
יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃ סJezreel
yizreelH3157 →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 Samuel 4:4And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 9:3
So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”
- 1 Chronicles 9:40
The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.
- 2 Samuel 9:6
And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
- 2 Samuel 9:3
Through
1 Samuel 29:1Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 21:1
Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 4:1
Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
- Joshua 12:18
the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
- 1 Kings 21:1
Through
Joshua 19:18Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 28:4
The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
- 2 Kings 4:8
One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
- 1 Samuel 28:4
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This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Samuel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.