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Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
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A Refuge for the Broken
Commentators explain that David's first followers were the outcasts of society—those in distress, in debt, and discontented with King Saul's oppressive rule. This gathering shows how God can use a leader to provide refuge for the broken and disenfranchised, forming a new community from those pushed to the margins.
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1 Samuel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Discontented - See the margin. (Compare 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Samuel 17:8.) The phrase here denotes those who were exaspe…
19th Century
Anglican
Every one that was in distress.—Ewald writes on this statement: "The situation of the country, which was becoming more and more me…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And everyone [that was] in distress In straitened circumstances, through the oppression of men, through poverty, and…
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