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Kindness vs. Cruelty
Commentators highlight the stark contrast between the Amalekite master's "needless barbarity" in abandoning his sick slave and David's immediate compassion. Even in their own crisis, David's men provided food and water. This act is presented as a mark of a "true Israelite," demonstrating that godly character involves showing mercy, especially to the vulnerable and oppressed.
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Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 30:11
19th Century
Bishop
An Egyptian. —The Amalekites, as stated above, were a nomad race; their wanderings would have taken them to the frontiers of Egypt…
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Samuel 30:9–17
19th Century
Preacher
So David went, he and the his hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. But David …
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 30:11
17th Century
Pastor
And they found an Egyptian in the field
As they passed along, lying there, having been sick, and was half starved, a…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 30:7–15
17th Century
Minister
If in all our ways, even when, as in this case, there can be no doubt they are just, we acknowledge God, we may expect that He will direct our step…