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1 Samuel 27

1 Sam. 27:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Achish
'Akiysh (Hebrew #397)
Akish, a Philistine king
KJV usage: Achish.
Pronounce: aw-keesh'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, γWhither
'al (Hebrew #408)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
KJV usage: nay, neither, + never, no ,nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
Pronounce: al
Origin: a negative particle (akin to 3808)
have ye made a road
pashat (Hebrew #6584)
to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)
KJV usage: fall upon, flay, invade, make an invasion, pull off, put off, make a road, run upon, rush, set, spoil, spread selves (abroad), strip (off, self).
Pronounce: paw-shat'
Origin: a primitive root
to day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
? And David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Against the south
negeb (Hebrew #5045)
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
KJV usage: south (country, side, -ward).
Pronounce: neh'-gheb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be parched
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
, and against the south
negeb (Hebrew #5045)
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
KJV usage: south (country, side, -ward).
Pronounce: neh'-gheb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be parched
of the Jerahmeelites
Yrachm'eliy (Hebrew #3397)
a Jerachmeelite or descendant of Jerachmeel
KJV usage: Jerahmeelites.
Pronounce: yer-akh-meh-ay-lee'
Origin: patronymically from 3396
g, and against the south
negeb (Hebrew #5045)
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
KJV usage: south (country, side, -ward).
Pronounce: neh'-gheb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be parched
of the Kenites
Qeyniy (Hebrew #7017)
patronymic from 7014; a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin
KJV usage: Kenite.
Pronounce: kay-nee'
Origin: or Qiyniy (1 Chron. 2:55) {kee-nee'}
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or, did you not make?
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1 Chron. 2:9,25• 9And the sons of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
 25And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were: Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, of Ahijah. (1 Chron. 2:9,25)
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Judg. 1:16• 16And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had gone up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people. (Judg. 1:16)

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Achish,
David,
Day,
Jerahmeelites,
Kenites,
Road,
South,
The Kingdom of Judah

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Ministry on This Verse

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Whither, etc.
or, Did you not make a road.
And David.
1 Sam. 21:2• 2And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business whereon I send thee, and what I have commanded thee; and I have directed the young men to such and such a place. (1 Sam. 21:2)
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Gen. 27:19‑20,24• 19And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau, thy firstborn. I have done according as thou didst say to me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.
 20And Isaac said to his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God put it in my way.
 24And he said, Art thou really my son Esau? And he said, It is I. (Gen. 27:19‑20,24)
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Josh. 2:4‑6• 4And the woman had taken and concealed the two men; and she said, Yes, the men did come unto me, but I knew not whence they were;
 5and it came to pass when the gate had to be closed, at dark, that the men went out: I know not whither the men have gone. Pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
 6But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof. (Josh. 2:4‑6)
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2 Sam. 17:20• 20And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And they sought and could not find them, and returned to Jerusalem. (2 Sam. 17:20)
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Psa. 119:29,163• 29Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law.
 163I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love. (Psa. 119:29,163)
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Prov. 29:25• 25The fear of man bringeth a snare; but whoso putteth his confidence in Jehovah is protected. (Prov. 29:25)
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Gal. 2:11‑13• 11But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be condemned:
 12for before that certain came from James, he ate with those of the nations; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those of the circumcision;
 13and the rest of the Jews also played the same dissembling part with him; so that even Barnabas was carried away too by their dissimulation. (Gal. 2:11‑13)
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Eph. 4:25• 25Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another. (Eph. 4:25)
Against.David here meant the Geshurites, and Gezrites, and Amalekites, which people occupied that part of the country which lies to the south of Judah.
But Achish, as was intended, understood him in a different sense, and believed that he had attacked his own countrymen.
David's answer, therefore, though not an absolute falsehood, was certainly an equivocation intended to deceive, and therefore incompatible with that sense of truth and honour which became him as a prince, and a professor of true religion.
From these, and similar passages, we may observe the strict impartiality of the Sacred Scriptures. They present us with the most faithful delineation of human nature; they exhibit the frailties of kings, priests, and prophets, with equal truth; and examples of vice and frailty, as well as of piety and virtue, are held up, that we may guard against the errors to which the best men are exposed.the Jerahmeelites.
1 Chron. 2:9,25• 9And the sons of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
 25And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were: Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, of Ahijah. (1 Chron. 2:9,25)
Kenites.
1 Sam. 15:6• 6And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, and go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. And the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. (1 Sam. 15:6)
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Num. 24:21• 21And he saw the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Firm is thy dwelling-place, and thy nest fixed in the rock; (Num. 24:21)
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Judg. 1:16• 16And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had gone up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people. (Judg. 1:16)
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Judg. 4:11• 11(Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak of Zaannaim, which is by Kedesh.) (Judg. 4:11)
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Judg. 5:24• 24Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, Blessed above women in the tent! (Judg. 5:24)
• How can one then make war against their race? One uses words that have a double meaning to hide one’s real sympathies (1 Sam. 28:2). Just see how many serious consequences the search for the world’s assistance brings with it! (“1 Samuel 27” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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So Achish said, Have ye not made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the southa of Judah, and against the southa of the Jerahmeelites, and against the southa of the Kenites.

JND Translation Notes

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Those portions of the Negeb inhabited respectively by Judah, the Jerahmeelites, and the Kenites. see Judg. 1.16.