1 Samuele 30:6

6 E Davide fu grandemente angosciato perché la gente parlava di lapidarlo, essendo l’animo di tutti amareggiato a motivo dei lor figliuoli e delle loro figliuole; ma Davide si fortificò nell’Eterno, nel suo Dio.

1 Samuele 30:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 30:6

And David was greatly distressed
Partly for the loss of his two wives, and partly because of the mutiny and murmuring of his men:

for the people spake of stoning him;
as the Israelites did of Moses and Aaron, ( Numbers 14:10 ) ; the reason of this was, because, as they judged, it was owing to David that they went along with Achish, and left the city defenceless, and because he had provoked the Amalekites by his inroad upon them, who took this opportunity of avenging themselves. Abarbinel is of opinion that it was his excess of sorrow for his two wives, and his remissness and backwardness to take vengeance on their enemies, that provoked them, and put them on talking after this manner:

because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons
and for his daughters;
as well as David; and they were very desirous of recovering them if possible, and of taking vengeance on those who had carried them captive:

but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God;
took all patiently, and exercised faith on his God; he encouraged himself in the power and providence of God; in the promises of God, and his faithfulness in keeping them; in a view of his covenant relation to God; in remembrance of the grace, mercy, and goodness of God, and his former experiences of it; hoping and believing that God would appear for him in some way or another, and work salvation for him. The Targum is,

``he strengthened himself in the Word of the Lord his God;''

in Christ the Word of God, and in the power of his might, and in the grace that is in him, ( Ephesians 6:10 ) ( 2 Timothy 2:1 ) .

1 Samuele 30:6 In-Context

4 Allora Davide e tutti quelli ch’eran con lui alzaron la voce e piansero, finché non ebbero più forza di piangere.

5 Le due mogli di Davide, Ahinoam la Izreelita e Abigail la Carmelita ch’era stata moglie di Nabal, erano anch’esse prigioniere.

6 E Davide fu grandemente angosciato perché la gente parlava di lapidarlo, essendo l’animo di tutti amareggiato a motivo dei lor figliuoli e delle loro figliuole; ma Davide si fortificò nell’Eterno, nel suo Dio.

7 Davide disse al sacerdote Abiathar, figliuolo di Ahimelec: "Ti prego, portami qua l’efod". E Abiathar portò l’efod a Davide.

8 E Davide consultò l’Eterno, dicendo: "Debbo io dar dietro a questa banda di predoni? la raggiungerò io?" L’Eterno rispose: "Dàlle dietro, poiché certamente la raggiungerai, e potrai ricuperare ogni cosa".