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We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
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The Amalekite Raid Route
The Egyptian servant details the Amalekite raid. Commentators explain the "Cherethites" were a Philistine people, possibly from Crete, living in the south. The raid also struck the southern territories of Judah, including a district specifically associated with the family of Caleb. This provides a clear map of the enemy's path of destruction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Cherethites - This term is used here as synonymous with the Philistines (1 Samuel 30:16).
In David’s reign, the bodygu…
19th Century
Anglican
We made an invasion... —The Egyptian, who apparently was an educated man, accurately describes to David the nature and scope of th…
Baptist
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 …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
We made an invasion [upon] the south of the Cherethites The Philistines so called, or at least one nation of them, s…
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…
