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1Sa 29:1-5.
英文原文
1Sa 29:1-5.
DAVID MARCHING WITH THE PHILISTINES TO FIGHT WITH ISRAEL.
1. Aphek--
(Jos 12:8),
in the tribe of Issachar, and in the plain of Esdraelon. A person who compares the Bible account of Saul's last battle with the Philistines, with the region around Gilboa, has the same sort of evidence that the account relates what is true, that a person would have that such a battle as Waterloo really took place. Gilboa, Jezreel, Shunem, En-dor, are all found, still bearing the same names. They lie within sight of each other. Aphek is the only one of the cluster not yet identified. Jezreel on the northern slope of Gilboa, and at the distance of twenty minutes to the east, is a large fountain, and a smaller one still nearer; just the position which a chieftain would select, both on account of its elevation and the supply of water needed for his troops [HACKETT, Scripture Illustrated].
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2节. 大卫和跟随他的人在后面同亚吉同行. 作为亚吉（他是这支非利士侵略军的统帅）亲卫队的指挥官而在后随行。
英文原文
2. David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish--as the commander of the lifeguards of Achish, who was general of this invading army of the Philistines.
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3节. 这几天，或这几年. 他此时与非利士人同住已整整一年零四个月
(1Sa 27:7)， 更早之前也曾有数年与之有关。有人认为，无论因大卫天生的慷慨，还是因预料迟早需要在其领土寻求庇护，他一直与这位非利士君王保持私下联络。
英文原文
3. these days, or these years--He had now been with the Philistines a full year and four months
(1Sa 27:7),
and also some years before. It has been thought that David kept up a private correspondence with this Philistine prince, either on account of his native generosity, or in the anticipation that an asylum in his territories would sooner or later be needed.
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4节. 非利士人的首领向他发怒. 神的主权之护理把大卫从如今所处的危险困境中救出，这当视为可喜之事。但大卫对亚吉所言
(1Sa 29:8) ——大概他毫无意图去行的事，即与亚吉一同攻打他的敌人——却难辞其咎。这正是错误的一步——偏离正直的本分之路——把每一个犯此错误者引入怎样不幸后果的一例。
英文原文
4. the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him--It must be considered a happy circumstance in the overruling providence of God to rescue David out of the dangerous dilemma in which he was now placed. But David is not free from censure in his professions to Achish
(1Sa 29:8),
to do what he probably had not the smallest purpose of doing--of fighting with Achish against his enemies. It is just an instance of the unhappy consequences into which a false step--a departure from the straight course of duty--will betray everyone who commits it.
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9节. 虽非利士人的首领这样说. 非利士政体有宪制的制衡——至少王不是绝对君主；他的权柄是受限的——其举措可被「那粗鄙早期之有力贵族所控制——很像中世纪欧洲的王者被其周围骄傲而无视法律的贵族所制」[CHALMERS]。
英文原文
9. notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said--The Philistine government had constitutional checks--or at least the king was not an absolute sovereign; but his authority was limited--his proceedings liable to be controlled by "the powerful barons of that rude and early period--much as the kings of Europe in the Middle Ages were by the proud and lawless aristocracy which surrounded them" [CHALMERS].
撒上 29:1-5.
大卫随非利士人出征要与以色列人交战。
1节. 亚弗.
(Jos 12:8)， 在以萨迦支派境内，位于以斯德伦平原。一个人将圣经关于扫罗与非利士人最后之战的记载与基利波周围的地区相比较，就会得到与相信滑铁卢之战真有其事同样的证据。基利波、耶斯列、书念、隐多珥都一一可寻，仍存原名。它们彼此相望。这一群地点中唯一尚未确认的只有亚弗。基利波北坡的耶斯列，向东二十分钟路程处有一大泉，更近处还有一小泉；这正是首领因高度和军队所需水源而会选择的位置[HACKETT, Scripture Illustrated]。