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1 Samuel 29

1 Sam. 29:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Nowz the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
gathered together
qabats (Hebrew #6908)
to grasp, i.e. collect
KJV usage: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, X surely, take up.
Pronounce: kaw-bats'
Origin: a primitive root
all their armies
machaneh (Hebrew #4264)
an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)
KJV usage: army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.
Pronounce: makh-an-eh'
Origin: from 2583
to Aphek
'Apheq (Hebrew #663)
from 662 (in the sense of strength); fortress; Aphek (or Aphik), the name of three places in Palestine
KJV usage: Aphek, Aphik.
Pronounce: af-ake'
Origin: or rAphiyq {af-eek'}
a: and the Israelites
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
pitched
chanah (Hebrew #2583)
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
KJV usage: abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
Pronounce: khaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2603)
by a fountain
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
which is in Jezreel
Yizr`e'l (Hebrew #3157)
God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites
KJV usage: Jezreel.
Pronounce: yiz-reh-ale'
Origin: from 2232 and 410
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1 Sam. 28:1‑2• 1And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered together their armies for warfare to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, Know thou assuredly that thou shalt go out with me to the camp, thou and thy men.
 2And David said to Achish, Thereby thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of my person for ever. (1 Sam. 28:1‑2)
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1 Sam. 4:1• 1And what Samuel had said happened to all Israel. And Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. (1 Sam. 4:1)

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Aphek; Aphik,
Fountain,
Israelites,
Jezreel,
Philistines

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2:  David marching with the Philistines,
3-5:  is disallowed by their princes.
6-11:  Achish dismisses him, with commendations of his fidelity.
the Philistines.
1 Sam. 28:1‑2• 1And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered together their armies for warfare to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, Know thou assuredly that thou shalt go out with me to the camp, thou and thy men.
 2And David said to Achish, Thereby thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of my person for ever. (1 Sam. 28:1‑2)
Aphek.
1 Sam. 4:1• 1And what Samuel had said happened to all Israel. And Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. (1 Sam. 4:1)
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Josh. 19:30• 30and Ummah, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities and their hamlets. (Josh. 19:30)
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1 Kings 20:30• 30And the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men of them that were left. And Ben-Hadad fled, and came into the city, from chamber to chamber. (1 Kings 20:30)
Jezreel.
1 Sam. 28:4• 4And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa. (1 Sam. 28:4)
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Josh. 19:18• 18And their territory was toward Jizreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, (Josh. 19:18)
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Judg. 6:33• 33And all Midian and Amalek and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel. (Judg. 6:33)
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1 Kings 18:45‑46• 45And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heavens became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great pour of rain. And Ahab got on the chariot, and went to Jizreel.
 46And the hand of Jehovah was upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jizreel. (1 Kings 18:45‑46)
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1 Kings 21:1,23• 1And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jizreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jizreel, by the side of the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
 23And of Jezebel also spoke Jehovah saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the moat of Jizreel. (1 Kings 21:1,23)
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2 Kings 9:36• 36And they came back and told him. And he said, This is the word of Jehovah, which he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite saying, In the plot of Jizreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel; (2 Kings 9:36)
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Hos. 1:4‑11• 4And Jehovah said unto him, Call his name Jizreel; for yet a little, and I will visit the blood of Jizreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
 5And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jizreel.
 6And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, so that I should pardon them.
 7But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God; and I will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by battle, or by horses, or by horsemen.
 8And she weaned Lo-ruhamah; and she conceived and bore a son;
 9and he said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be for you.
 10Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured or numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Sons of the living *God.
 11And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up out of the land: for great is the day of Jizreel. (Hos. 1:4‑11)
• The Philistines once again gather together their armies to go to war against Israel. David’s false position in their midst will thus be made evident. Poor David! What to do? How can he draw hack after having fooled the enemy about his enterprises and his sympathies? Let us remember that it is easier to enter a wrong pathway than to leave it. (“1 Samuel 28” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and Israel encamped by the spring that is in Jizreel.