Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 29:4

4 Fēilìshì rén de shǒulǐng xiàng yà jí fānù , duì tā shuō , nǐ yào jiào zhè rén huí nǐ suǒ ānzhì tāde dìfang , bùkĕ jiào tā tóng wǒmen chū zhàn , kǒngpà tā zaì zhèn shàng fǎn wèi wǒmen de dírén . tā yòng shénme yǔ tā zhǔrén fù hé ne . qǐbù shì yòng wǒmen zhèxie rén de shǒu jí ma

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 29:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 29:4

And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him
With Achish, for giving such a character of David, and taking his part, in order to detain him, if possible:

and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, make this fellow
return;
they speak of him with contempt, and insist on it that Achish order him to turn back, and go no further with them:

that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him;
to Ziklag, the place that Achish had given him for his residence, ( 1 Samuel 27:6 ) ; they did not desire to have him sent to his own country, and to Saul, since should a reconciliation be made between them, he would be of great service to Saul against them:

and let him not go down with us to battle;
into the valley of Jezreel, where the Israelites had pitched:

lest in the battle he be an adversary to us:
and fall upon them behind, being in the rear, while they were engaging in the front with Israel:

for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master?
to Saul he had offended, and fled from:

[should it] not [be] with the heads of these men?
the Philistines; or unless by the heads of these men ^F13; he had no other way of making his peace with his master but by cutting off the heads of the Philistines; and therefore he was a dangerous man to take with them into the battle.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (yvarb alh) "nisi per capita", Noldius, p. 257. No. 1147.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 29:4 In-Context

2 Fēilìshì rén de shǒulǐng gè lǜ jūnduì , huò bǎi huò qiā , ái cì qián jìn . Dàwèi hé gēnsuí tāde rén tóng zhe yà jí gēn zaì hòubiān .

3 Fēilìshì rén de shǒulǐng shuō , zhèxie Xībólái rén zaì zhèlǐ zuò shénme ne . yà jí duì tāmen shuō , zhè bú shì Yǐsèliè wáng Sǎoluó de chén zǐ Dàwèi ma . tā zaì wǒ zhèlǐ yǒu xiē nián rì le . zì cóng tā tóu jiàng wǒ zhídào jīnrì , wǒ wèicéng jiàn tā yǒu guō cuò .

4 Fēilìshì rén de shǒulǐng xiàng yà jí fānù , duì tā shuō , nǐ yào jiào zhè rén huí nǐ suǒ ānzhì tāde dìfang , bùkĕ jiào tā tóng wǒmen chū zhàn , kǒngpà tā zaì zhèn shàng fǎn wèi wǒmen de dírén . tā yòng shénme yǔ tā zhǔrén fù hé ne . qǐbù shì yòng wǒmen zhèxie rén de shǒu jí ma

5 Cóng qián Yǐsèliè de fùnǚ tiàowǔ chàng hé shuō , Sǎoluó shā sǐ qiā qiā , Dàwèi shā sǐ wàn wàn , suǒ shuō de bú shì zhège Dàwèi ma .

6 Yà jí jiào Dàwèi lái , duì tā shuō , wǒ zhǐ zhe yǒngshēng de Yēhéhuá qǐshì , nǐ shì zhèngzhí rén . nǐ suí wǒ zaì jūn zhōng chūrù , wǒ kàn nǐ shén hǎo . zì cóng nǐ tóu bēn wǒ dào rújīn , wǒ wèicéng jiàn nǐ yǒu shénme guō shī . zhǐshì zhòng shǒulǐng bù xǐyuè nǐ .