Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:2

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:2 - 23:2

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:2 - 23:2

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

23:1 - 23:1
23:2 - 23:2
23:6 - 23:6
23:7 - 23:7
23:8 - 23:8
23:9 - 23:9
23:14 - 23:14
23:16 - 23:16
23:19 - 23:19
23:25 - 23:25
23:29 - 23:29

David inquired of the Lord - most probably through Gad (2Sa 24:11; 1Ch 21:9), who was present in David’s camp (1Sa 22:5), probably by the recommendation of Samuel. To repel unprovoked assaults on unoffending people who were engaged in their harvest operations, was a humane and benevolent service. But it was doubtful how far it was David’s duty to go against a public enemy without the royal commission; and on that account he asked, and obtained, the divine counsel. A demur on the part of his men led David to renew the consultation for their satisfaction; after which, being fully assured of his duty, he encountered the aggressors and, by a signal victory, delivered the people of Keilah from further molestation.