1 Samuel 30:12-31
<07307> [his spirit.]
three days ... three <07969 03117> [three days.]
master <0113> [my master.]
Though they had booty enough, and this poor sick slave might have been carried on an ass or a camel, yet they inhumanely left him to perish; but, in the righteous providence of God, this cruelty was the occasion of their destruction; whilst David's kindness to a perishing stranger and slave was the means of his success, and proved the truest policy.
Kerethites <03774> [the Cherethites.]
Calmet and others suppose that these people, who inhabited the same district as the Philistines, were the aborigines of the island of Crete, from which they derived their name.
Caleb <03612> [Caleb.]
A district in the south of Judea, in which were the cities of Kirjath-Arba or Hebron, and Kirjath-sepher, belonging to the family of Caleb.
burned <08313> [we burned.]
Swear <07650> [Swear.]
not .... or <05462 0518> [nor deliver.]
down <03381> [when he.]
eating <0398> [eating.]
<01419> [because of all.]
following <04283> [the next day. Heb. their morrow. and there.]
David ........................ David's plunder <01732 07998> [This is David's spoil.]
hundred <0582 03967> [two hundred men.]
approached <05066> [came near.]
asked <07592> [saluted them. Heb. asked them how they did.]
evil <07451> [wicked.]
<0582> [those. Heb. the men. Because.]
brothers <0251> [my brethren.]
Lord <03068> [which the Lord.]
protected <08104> [who hath.]
portion ................. portion <02506> [but as his part.]
This equitable edict was somewhat different from that which had so long obtained in Israel, and by which the spoil of the Midianites was divided: that related to the whole people: this only to the soldiers, some of whom went to battle, while others guarded the baggage.
remained <03427> [tarrieth.]
onward <04605> [forward. Heb. and forward.]
friends <07453> [to his friends.]
gift <01293> [present. Heb. blessing.]
Bethel <01008> [Beth-el.]
Probably not the celebrated city of this name, but Bethul a city of Simeon, (Jos 19:4,) supposed to be the same as Bethelia, mentioned by Sozomen as belonging to Gaza, well peopled, and having several temples remarkable for their structure and antiquity; and which Jerome says, in his life of Hilarion, was five short days' journey from Pelusium.
Ramoth Negev <07418 05045> [south Ramoth.]
A city of Simeon; so called to distinguish it from Ramoth Gilead beyond Jordan.
[Ramath. Jattir.]
Aroer <06177> [Aroer.]
Siphmoth <08224> [Siphmoth.]
Supposed to be the same with Shepham (Nu 34:10,) on the eastern borders of Canaan.
Eshtemoa <0851> [Eshtemoa.]
[Eshtemoh.]
Racal <07403> [Rachal.]
Supposed by Calmet to be the same as Hachilah.
Jerahmeelites <03397> [Jerahmeelites.]
The descendants of Jerahmeel son of Hezron, (1 Ch 2:9, 25-27,) who inhabited a district in the south of Judah.
Kenites <07017> [Kenites.]
These people inhabited a small tract west of the Dead Sea.
Hormah <02767> [Hormah.]
Bor Ashan <03565> [Chorashan.]
Probably the same as Ashan in Simeon, Jos 15:42; 19:7, which Eusebius says was sixteen miles west from Jerusalem.
Hebron <02275> [Hebron.]
