1 Samuel 30:15

15 —¿Me guiarás a esa banda de saqueadores? —preguntó David.
El joven contestó:
—Si haces un juramento en el nombre de Dios que no me matarás ni me devolverás a mi amo, entonces te guiaré a ellos.

1 Samuel 30:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 30:15

And David said unto him, canst thou me down to this company?
&c.] That is, show him, or direct him where they were:

and he said, swear unto me by God;
the Targum is, by the Word of the Lord; but it is highly probable this man had no notion of Jehovah, and his Word, or of the true God; only that there was a God, and that an oath taken by him was solemn, sacred, and inviolable, and might be trusted to and depended on:

that thou wilt neither kill me;
for he found now he was in the hands of those whose city he had been concerned in plundering and burning, and so might fear his life was in danger:

nor deliver me into the hands of my master;
who had been a cruel one to him, and therefore would gladly be clear of him; and if he had nothing else against him, his late usage of him was sufficient to raise his resentment of him:

and I will bring thee down to this company;
or show him where they were, having heard them say where they would stop, and make merry, and divide their spoil; and perhaps his master might tell him they would be at such a place at such a time, where, if he was better, he might come to them; the Vulgate Latin version adds, "and David swore to him": which, though not expressed in the original text, was no doubt done by him; and the Syriac and Arabic versions begin ( 1 Samuel 30:16 ) thus, "when David had sworn to him".

1 Samuel 30:15 In-Context

13 —¿A quién le perteneces y de dónde vienes? —le preguntó David.
—Soy egipcio, esclavo de un amalecita —respondió—. Mi amo me abandonó hace tres días porque yo estaba enfermo.

14 Regresábamos de asaltar a los cereteos en el Neguev, el territorio de Judá y la tierra de Caleb, y acabábamos de incendiar Siclag.

15 —¿Me guiarás a esa banda de saqueadores? —preguntó David.
El joven contestó:
—Si haces un juramento en el nombre de Dios que no me matarás ni me devolverás a mi amo, entonces te guiaré a ellos.

16 Así que guió a David hasta los amalecitas, y los encontraron dispersos por los campos comiendo, bebiendo y bailando con alegría por el enorme botín que habían tomado de los filisteos y de la tierra de Judá.

17 Entonces David y sus hombres se lanzaron contra ellos y los mataron durante toda la noche y durante todo el día siguiente hasta la tarde. Ninguno de los amalecitas escapó, excepto cuatrocientos jóvenes que huyeron en camellos.