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1 Samuel 29:1
英文原文
A fountain - Probably, the fine spring Ain-Jalud. It is impossible to say what the special circumstances were which led to the struggle between Israel and the Philistines taking place so far north as the plain of Jezreel. Possibly it was connected with some movements of the Aramaic tribes to the north of Palestine. See 2 Samuel 8.
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1 Samuel 29:2
首领——见 Judges 3:3 注，与寻常的“君长”（1 Samuel 29:3）有所区别。非利士军队的编制与以色列人的一样（1 Samuel 8:12），以百人和千人为单位。大卫和他的部下编作亚吉的卫队（1 Samuel 28:2）。
英文原文
The lords - See Judges 3:3 note, as distinguished from ordinary "princes" 1 Samuel 29:3. The military divisions of the Philistine army were by hundreds and by thousands, like those of the Israelites 1 Samuel 8:12. David and his men formed a body-guard to Achish 1 Samuel 28:2.
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1 Samuel 29:3
“他投奔了我”——这是指离弃本营、投到对方一边的惯用字眼。见 Jeremiah 37:13；Jeremiah 38:19。
英文原文
He fell unto me - The regular word for deserting and going over to the other side. See Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 38:19.
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1 Samuel 29:6
指着永生的耶和华起誓 - 非利士人口中指耶和华起誓，看来奇特。但这大概不是原话；这里和类似的话，只是保存了大意。
英文原文
As the Lord liveth - The swearing by Yahweh seems strange in the mouth of a Philistine. But probably not the very words, but only the sense of this and such like speeches, is preserved.
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1 Samuel 29:8
见 1 Samuel 29:10 的注释。
英文原文
See 1 Samuel 29:10 note.
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1 Samuel 29:10
与你主人的仆人 - 这话的线索可在 1 Chronicles 12:19-21 找到：那里显明，正当这时，有相当多的玛拿西人“投奔”大卫，随他一同回洗革拉去。因此，亚吉这话所指的正是这些新来的人。我们在这里不能不看见神护理的怜悯介入：大卫不仅得以免于与自己的王和祖国争战，而且恰好及时被送回家，从亚玛力人手中收回他的妻子们和财物（1 Samuel 30）。大卫凭机谋和谎言维持自己的处境，而这正是他那时代与他民族一成不变的特征，这一点也不足为怪。但这叙述丝毫没有认可说谎的使用。
英文原文
With thy master's servants - The clue to this may be found in 1 Chronicles 12:19-21, where it appears that a considerable number of Manassites "fell" to David just at this time, and went back with him to Ziklag. It is therefore to these new comers that Achish applies the expression. It is impossible not to recognize here a merciful interposition of Providence, by which David was not only saved from fighting against his king and country, but sent home just in time to recover his wives and property from the Amalekites 1 Samuel 30. That David maintained his position by subtlety and falsehood, which were the invariable characteristics of his age and nation, is not in the least to be wondered at. No sanction is given by this narrative to the use of falsehood.
泉——大概就是那美好的泉源艾因贾卢德（Ain-Jalud）。以色列人与非利士人之间的争战，究竟因什么特殊情况而在远至北方的耶斯列平原发生，则无从断言。这也许与巴勒斯坦以北亚兰部族的一些动向有关。见 2 Samuel 8。