John Gill's Exposition on 1 Samuel 30:14

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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We made an invasion [upon] the south of the Cherethites, etc.] The Philistines so called, or at least one nation of them, such that dwelt to the south of the land, (<093016>1 Samuel 30:16); (see Gill on “<360205>Zephaniah 2:5”); and upon [the coast] which [belongeth] to Judah; the south of Judah, where David pretended he had been, and had spoiled, and which was now actually done by the Amalekites, (<092710>1 Samuel 27:10); and upon the south of Caleb; that part of the tribe of Judah which belonged to Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and his posterity, and which was the southern part of it, (<061519>Joshua 15:19); and we burnt Ziklag with fire; and then departed.

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