1 Samuel 27:2

2 David se leva donc, et passa, avec les six cents hommes qui étaient avec lui, chez Akish, fils de Maoc, roi de Gath.

1 Samuel 27:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 27:2

And David arose
From the place where he was:

and he passed over;
the borders of land of Canaan:

with the six hundred men that [were] with him;
having neither lost any, nor had any added to him, since he was at Keilah, ( 1 Samuel 23:13 ) ;

unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath;
whether this was the same Achish David was with before, ( 1 Samuel 21:10-13 ) , is not certain; it seems as if he was not the same, since he is described as the son of Maoch, as if it was to distinguish him from him; though it is not improbable that he was the same person. Some think ^F1 that he is described not from his father, but from his mother, whose name was Maacha. The circumstances of David were now very much altered from what they were when he went to Gath before; then he went secretly, now openly; then as a person unknown, now as well known; then alone, now with six hundred men; then when discovered he was seized by the princes of Gath, and brought before the king, and was driven from his presence; but now he came either at the invitation of Achish, hearing how he had been treated by Saul, and thinking to attach him to his interest, and make him more and more the enemy of Saul, and so free himself from a very powerful one, and of whose wisdom and prudence, and military skill, and courage, and valour, he might hope to avail himself; or David sent an embassy to him, to treat with him about his coming into his country, and settlement in it, and terms to mutual satisfaction were agreed upon.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Hieron. Trad. Heb, in 2 Reg. fol. 78. E.

1 Samuel 27:2 In-Context

1 Mais David dit en son cœur: Je périrai quelque jour par la main de Saül; ne vaut-il pas mieux que je me sauve au pays des Philistins, afin que Saül renonce à me chercher encore dans tout le territoire d'Israël? Ainsi je me sauverai de ses mains.

2 David se leva donc, et passa, avec les six cents hommes qui étaient avec lui, chez Akish, fils de Maoc, roi de Gath.

3 Et David demeura avec Akish, à Gath, lui et ses gens, chacun avec sa famille, David et ses deux femmes, Achinoam, de Jizréel, et Abigaïl, de Carmel, qui avait été femme de Nabal.

4 Alors on rapporta à Saül que David s'était enfui à Gath; et il ne continua plus à le poursuivre.

5 Et David dit à Akish: Je te prie, si j'ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, qu'on me donne un lieu dans l'une des villes de ce pays, afin que j'y demeure; car pourquoi ton serviteur demeurerait-il dans la ville royale avec toi?