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The Danger of Complacency
Commentators highlight that the Amalekites were celebrating, feeling completely safe and secure. This scene serves as a powerful illustration of the biblical principle that ruin is often nearest when people cry "Peace and safety." Their carelessness and lack of vigilance made them vulnerable to sudden destruction.
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1 Samuel
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Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 30:16
19th Century
Bishop
Spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking and dancing. —We have here a vivid picture of the wild license whic…
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 30:16
17th Century
Pastor
And when he had brought him down
To the place where the company of the Amalekites were, or near it:
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 30:16–20
17th Century
Minister
Sinners are nearest to ruin when they cry, Peace and safety, and put the evil day far from them. Nor does anything give our spiritual enem…