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1 Samuel 30:14

in 1 Samuel 30

We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

We made a raid upon the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

KJV

We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

This verse in 1 Samuel 30

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 36 · Written before 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.

This site's exposition

the south of the Cherethites

on 1 Samuel 30:14-16

The servant names the whole sweep of the raid, the Cherethite south, Judah's own coast, and Caleb's territory, before he leads David down to a camp spread abroad on all the earth, eating and drinking and dancing over spoil taken from two nations. An oath sworn to a foreign slave to save his own guide's plan, a picture the commentators read as ordinary shrewdness rather than any special virtue, though it serves David well.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Cherethites - That is, the Philistines. Caleb - This is added by way of explication: that part of the south of Judah which belongs to Caleb's posterity.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The countries which David had pretended to Achish to have made an incursion upon ( ch. xxvii. 10 ) they really had invaded and laid waste. What was then false now proved too true.
We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Upon the south of the Cherethites - Calmet and others maintain, that the כרתי kerethi, which, without the points, might be read Creti, were not only at this time Philistines, but that they were aborigines of Crete, from which they had their name Cherethites or Cretans, and are those of whom Zephaniah speaks, Zep 2:5: Wo to the inhabitants of the sea-coasts, the nation of the Cherethites. And by Ezekiel, Eze 25:16: Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and will cut off the Cherethim.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David--Old and homeborn slaves are usually treated with great kindness. But a purchased or captured slave must look to himself; for, if feeble or sick, his master will leave him to perish rather than encumber himself with any additional burden.

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1 more voice on this verse

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

The Cherethites - Here used as synonymous with Philistines 1Sa 30:16. In David’s reign the body-guard commanded by Benaiah consisted of Cherethites and Pelethites (Philistines?) and a picked corps of six hundred men of Gath commanded by Ittai the Gittite. It would seem from this that the Cherethites and Philistines were two kindred and associated tribes, like Angles and Saxons, who took possession of the seacoast of Palestine. The Philistines, being the more powerful, gave their name to the country and the nation in general, though that of the Cherethites was not wholly extinguished. Many persons connect the name Cherethite with that of the island of Crete.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • אֲנַ֡חְנוּwe

    ʾanachnuH587120 times

  • פָּשַׁ֜טְנוּwe had made a raid

    pashatnuH658443 times

  • נֶ֧גֶב[the] Negev of

    negevH5045112 times

  • הַכְּרֵתִ֛יthe Kerethite[s]

    hakeretiH3774

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H59215755 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥ר[that] which

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • לִֽיהוּדָ֖ה[belongs] to Judah

    lihudahH3063819 times

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H59215755 times

  • נֶ֣גֶב[the] Negev of

    negevH5045112 times

  • כָּלֵ֑בCaleb

    kalevH3612

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • צִקְלַ֖גZiklag

    tziklagH686015 times

  • שָׂרַ֥פְנוּwe had burned

    sarafnuH8313117 times

  • בָאֵֽשׁ׃with <the> fire

    vaeshH784378 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Ezekiel 25:16

    therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 15:18

      and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Zephaniah 2:4–15

      For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.

    • Jeremiah 47:1–7

      This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.

    • Ezekiel 25:13

      therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman…

  • Through

    Zephaniah 2:5

    Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will…

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 25:16

      therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.

    • Jeremiah 47:7

      How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”

  • Through

    1 Kings 1:38

    Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 8:18

      Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 8:18

    Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 20:23

      Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;

About 1 Samuel

This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 36; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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.