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1 Samuel 29:3

Et les chefs des Philistins dirent : Qu'est-ce que ces Hébreux-là? Et Akis répondit aux chefs des Philistins : N'est-ce pas ici ce David, serviteur de Saül Roi d'Israël, qui a déjà été avec moi quelque temps, même quelques années? et je n'ai rien trouvé à redire en lui depuis le jour qu'il s'est rendu [à moi], jusqu'à ce jour.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hebrew;   Integrity;   Thompson Chain Reference - Faultless;   Faultlessness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Hebrew;   Philistia, philistines;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Achish;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Disallow;   Esdraelon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hebrews;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Achish;   Jezreel (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fault;   Lords of the Philistines;   Philistines;   Servant;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 24;  

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Alors les chefs des Philistins dirent: Que font ici ces Hébreux? Et Akish répondit aux chefs des Philistins: N'est-ce pas David, serviteur de Saül, roi d'Israël, qui a déjà été avec moi quelque temps, ou plutôt quelques années? Or je n'ai rien trouvé à redire en lui, depuis le jour où il est passé à nous jusqu'à ce jour-ci?
Darby's French Translation
Et les chefs des Philistins dirent: Que sont ces Hébreux? Et Akish dit aux chefs des Philistins: N'est-ce pas David, serviteur de Saül, roi d'Israël, qui a été avec moi tant de jours déjà, ou tant d'années? et je n'ai rien trouvé en lui, depuis le jour qu'il est tombé chez moi jusqu'à ce jour.
Louis Segond (1910)
Les princes des Philistins dirent: Que font ici ces Hébreux? Et Akisch répondit aux princes des Philistins: N'est-ce pas David, serviteur de Saül, roi d'Israël? il y a longtemps qu'il est avec moi, et je n'ai pas trouvé la moindre chose à lui reprocher depuis son arrivée jusqu'à ce jour.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Is not this David: These words seem to mark no definite time; and may be understood thus: "Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me for a considerable time?"

these days: 1 Samuel 27:7

found: 1 Samuel 25:28, Daniel 6:5, John 19:6, Romans 12:17, 1 Peter 3:16

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 28:1 - thou shalt go 1 Samuel 29:6 - I have not

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said the princes of the Philistines,.... To Achish; not those of the court of Achish, who were his subjects, but the confederate princes with him in this war, the lords of the other principalities, as appears by the freedom they took with him, 1 Samuel 29:4;

what [do] these Hebrews [here]? or Jews, as the Targum; what hast thou to do with them, or they to be with thee? men of another nation and religion, and known enemies to the Philistines:

and Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines; in order to soften them, and reconcile them to these men, and their being with him:

[is] not this David the servant of Saul the king of Israel; between whom there had been a quarrel, and the former had fled from the latter to him:

which hath been with me these days, or these years; had been with him many days, and he might say years, as he had been with him one whole year, and part of another, see 1 Samuel 27:7; and he might have known him longer, if he was the same Achish David first fled to; Kimchi interprets it, that he knew him as well as if he had been with him as many years as days:

and I have found no fault in him since he fell [unto me] unto this day? the affair of David's going against the Geshurites, c. not being yet known by him, or, if it was, he approved of it, they being enemies of his this shows that David behaved with a great deal of prudence to have such a character as this from a king of the Philistines.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He fell unto me - The regular word for deserting and going over to the other side. See Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 38:19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 29:3. These days, or these years — I suppose these words to mark no definite time, and may be understood thus: "Is not this David, who has been with me for a considerable time?"


 
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