1 Samuel 30:6

“And David was greatly distressed, etc.] Partly for the loss of his two wives, and partly because of the mutiny and murmuring of his men: for the people spake of stoning him; as the Israelites did of Moses and Aaron, (<041410>Numbers 14:10); the reason of this was, because, as they judged, it was owing to David that they went along with Achish, and left the city defenceless, and because he had provoked the Amalekites by his inroad upon them, who took this opportunity of avenging themselves. Abarbinel is of opinion that it was his excess of sorrow for his two wives, and his remissness and backwardness to take vengeance on their enemies, that provoked them, and put them on talking after this…”

“BUT DAVID, ENCOURAGED BY GOD, PURSUES THEM. (Sa1 30:6-15) David was greatly distressed--He had reason, not only on his own personal account (Sa1 30:5), but on account of the vehement outcry and insurrectionary threats against him for having left the place so defenseless that the families of his men fell an unresisting prey to the enemy. Under the pressure of so unexpected and widespread a calamity, of which he was upbraided as the indirect occasion, the spirit of any other leader guided by ordinary motives would have sunk; but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God--His faith supplied him with inward resources of comfort and energy, and through the seasonable inquiries he made by Urim,…”

“Stoning him - As the author of their miseries, by coming to Ziklag at first, by provoking the Amalekites to this cruelty, and by his forwardness in marching away with Achish, and leaving their wives and children unguarded. Encouraged himself - That is, in this that the all - wise, and all - powerful Lord, was his God by covenant and special promise, and fatherly affection, as he had shewed himself to be in the whole course of his providence towards him. It is the duty of all good men, whatever happens, to encourage themselves in the Lord their God, assuring themselves, that he both can and will bring light out of darkness. 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:7”

“30:6 in great danger: Saul had used the same expression about himself: When “in deep trouble” (28:15), Saul turned to necromancy, with disastrous results. David, by contrast, found strength and success in the Lord his God.”

“was greatly: Gen 32:7; Psa 25:17, Psa 42:7, Psa 116:3, Psa 116:4, Psa 116:10; Co2 1:8, Co2 1:9, Co2 4:8, Co2 7:5 the people: Exo 17:4; Num 14:10; Psa 62:9; Mat 21:9, Mat 27:22 grieved: Heb. bitter, Sa1 1:10; Jdg 18:25; Sa2 17:8; Kg2 4:27 \*marg. David: Job 13:15; Psa 18:6, Psa 26:1, Psa 26:2, Psa 27:1-3, Psa 34:1-8, Psa 40:1, Psa 40:2, Psa 42:5, Psa 42:11; Psa 56:3, Psa 56:4, Psa 56:11, Psa 62:1, Psa 62:5, Psa 62:8, Psa 118:8-13; Pro 18:10; Isa 25:4, Isa 37:14-20; Jer 16:19; Hab 3:17, Hab 3:18; Rom 4:18, Rom 8:31; Co2 1:6, Co2 1:9, Co2 1:10; Heb 13:6 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:7”