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Honor Your Parents
Commentators like Matthew Henry and John Gill emphasize David's profound filial piety. Even while on the run for his life and leading a band of men, his first priority was to secure a safe and quiet place for his aged parents. This serves as a powerful example for believers to honor their parents, consulting their ease and satisfaction regardless of their own circumstances or busyness.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 22:3
18th Century
Theologian
Mizpeh of Moab - A reasonable conjecture connects it with “Zophim” (a word from the same root as Mizpeh) on the top of Pisgah ([Reference Nu…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 22:3
19th Century
Bishop
Mizpeh.—This particular Mizpeh is mentioned nowhere else. The word means a watch tower; it was probably some mountain for…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 22:3
17th Century
Pastor
And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab
So called to distinguish it from a place of the same name in the land of Isr…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 22:1–5
17th Century
Minister
See what weak instruments God sometimes uses to bring about His own purposes. The Son of David is ready to receive distressed souls, who will be co…