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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
「首領」（lords）——見 Judges 3:3 註釋，有別於普通的「臣僕」（princes；1 Samuel 29:3）。非利士軍隊的編制與以色列人一樣，以百人和千人為單位（1 Samuel 8:12）。大衛和他的部下作了亞吉的護衛隊（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
「他投奔到我這裏」——這是描述離棄己方、投到對面陣營的慣用字眼。見 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
「我指着永生的耶和華起誓」——非利士人口中竟有指着耶和華起的誓，看來奇怪。但這一類話大概保存的只是大意，而非確切的字句。
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
見 1 Samuel 29:10 註釋。
英文原文
See 1 Samuel 29:10 note.
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1 Samuel 29:10
「和你主人的僕人」——這話的線索可在 1 Chronicles 12:19-21 找到，那裏顯示，恰在此時有相當多的瑪拿西人「歸順」了大衛，並與他一同回洗革拉去。因此，亞吉這話所指的，正是這些新來的人。我們不能不在此承認護理之憐憫的介入：藉此大衛不僅免於與自己的王和祖國交戰，更恰在合宜的時候被打發回家，從亞瑪力人手中奪回他的妻子們和財產（1 Samuel 30）。大衛憑詭詐與虛謊維持自己的處境——這原是他那時代與民族一貫的特性——絲毫不足為奇。這段記載絕沒有認可虛謊的使用。
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」——大概就是那上好的泉源艾因雅魯（Ain-Jalud）。以色列人與非利士人之間的爭戰，究竟因着甚麼特殊緣故竟在遠至北方的耶斯列平原發生，殊難斷言。這或許與巴勒斯坦以北亞蘭諸部族的某些活動有關。見 2 Samuel 8。