1 Samuel 30:15

15 —Guíanos adonde están esos bandidos —le dijo David.—Júreme usted por Dios —suplicó el egipcio— que no me matará ni me entregará a mi amo. Con esa condición, lo llevo adonde está la banda.

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 perteneces? —le preguntó David—. ¿De dónde vienes?—Soy egipcio —le respondió—, esclavo de un amalecita. Hace tres días caí enfermo, y mi amo me abandonó.

14 Habíamos invadido la región sur de los quereteos, de Judá y de Caleb; también incendiamos Siclag.

15 —Guíanos adonde están esos bandidos —le dijo David.—Júreme usted por Dios —suplicó el egipcio— que no me matará ni me entregará a mi amo. Con esa condición, lo llevo adonde está la banda.

16 El egipcio los guió hasta los amalecitas, los cuales estaban dispersos por todo el campo, comiendo, bebiendo y festejando el gran botín que habían conseguido en el territorio filisteo y en el de Judá.

17 David los atacó al amanecer y los combatió hasta la tarde del día siguiente. Los únicos que lograron escapar fueron cuatrocientos muchachos que huyeron en sus camellos.