1 Samuel 27 Study Notes
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27:7 Many scholars have dated the time designated by a year and four months to around 1012 BC.
27:8 The Geshurites (Jos 13:1-2), the Girzites, and the Amalekites (Ex 17:15-16; Dt 25:17-19) were three non-Israelite groups under God’s sentence of judgment. The Girzites occupied territory that overlapped with the promised land.
27:9 David’s action against these groups fulfilled God’s earlier command to Israel during the days of Joshua to wipe out the land’s evil inhabitants (Jos 13:1-7). It also left no witnesses who could relay word to Achish (v. 11).
27:10-11 David’s claim to have raided the south country of Judah was technically correct, and he did fight people in the region of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites, two Judahite clans. Achish thought David meant he had destroyed many Israelites in the process.
27:12 Though Achish trusted David and assumed he would be Achish’s servant forever, David was actually eliminating future rivals in Judah’s territory.