Hormah: Joshua 19:4; Judges 1:17
Chorashan: Probably the same as Ashan in Simeon, Joshua 15:42; Joshua 19:7, which Eusebius says was sixteen miles west from Jerusalem.
Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 30:30
1 Samuel 30:30
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain
The Daily Devotional
One devotional. Every morning.
The full reading, the passage behind it, and where to go deeper — in your inbox before the day starts. No ads, ever.
We'll send one email to confirm it's really you. Unsubscribe in one tap, any time.
Continue tomorrow
Turn Bible study into a daily habit
Read today's devotional, save your progress, and receive a gentle daily reminder.
Recommended reading
More for 1 Samuel 30:30
Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.
Other commentaries
1 Samuel 30 — Overview1 Samuel 30 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWhen David was dismissed from the army of the Philistines he did not go
over to the camp of Israel, but, being expelled by Saul, observed an
exact neutrality, and silently retired to his own city Ziklag, leaving…1 Samuel 30 — Overview1 Samuel 30 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledge1 Samuel 30:1, The Amalekites spoil Ziklag; 1 Samuel 30:4, David asking counsel, is encouraged by God to pursue them; 1 Samuel 30:11, By the means of a revived Egyptian he is brought to the enemies, and recovers all the…1 Samuel 30 — Overview1 Samuel 30 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates the condition Ziklag was in when David and his men came to it, the city burnt, and their families carried captive by the Amalekites, which occasioned not only a general lamentation, but mutiny and…1 Samuel 30:21-311 Samuel 30:21-31 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here an account of the distribution of the spoil which as taken
from the Amalekites. When the Amalekites had carried away a rich booty
from the land of Judah and the Philistines they spent it in…1 Samuel 30:301 Samuel 30:30 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd to [them] which [were] in Hormah,.... This was a city also in the tribe of Judah; of which see Jos 15:30;and to [them] which [were] in Chorashan; or the lake of Ashan, which was in the same tribe, see Jos 15:42;and…