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Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Isn`t this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or [rather] these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away [to me] to this day?
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God's Providential Rescue
Commentators note that David, through 'fear of man,' had placed himself on the 'brink of sin' by preparing to fight with Israel's enemies. God, in His sovereignty, intervened. He used the suspicion of the Philistine princes—unlikely instruments—to rescue David from a situation he couldn't escape on his own, demonstrating that God can work through even our enemies for our good.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 29:3
18th Century
Theologian
He fell to me - The regular word for deserting and going over to the other side. See Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 38:19.
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 29:3
19th Century
Bishop
These days, or these years. —An indefinite expression of time. The versions have translated it in various ways. The English Versio…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 29:3
17th Century
Pastor
Then said the princes of the Philistines
To Achish; not those of the court of Achish, who were his subjects, but the…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 29:1–5
17th Century
Minister
David waited with a secret hope that the Lord would help him out of his difficulty. But he seems to have been influenced too much by the fear of ma…