1 Samuel 30:29

1 Samuel 30:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
• New International Version (NIV)and Rakal; to those in the towns of the Jerahmeelites and the Kenites;
• English Standard Version (ESV)in Racal, in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, in the cities of the Kenites,
• New King James Version (NKJV)those who were in Rachal, those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

Context of 1 Samuel 30:29

27David sent gifts to the leaders in these towns: Bethel, Ramoth in the desert in the south, Jattir, 28Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa, Racal, the towns where the clan of Jerahmeel live, the towns where the Kenites live, 30Hormah, Bor Ashan, Athach 31and Hebron. David also sent gifts to the people in the towns that he and his men had visited.

1 Samuel 30:29 word by word

וְלַאֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּרָכָ֗ל וְלַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י הַיְּרַחְמְאֵלִ֔י וְלַאֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעָרֵ֥י הַקֵּינִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• in Rachalרָכָלrâkâl · RacalH7403
• in the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of the Jerahmeelitesיְרַחְמְאֵלִיyerachme'êlîy · JerahmeeliteH3397
• of the Kenitesקֵינִיqêynîy qîynîy · KeniteH7017

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 30:29

• 1 Samuel 23:19Some people from Ziph went to visit Saul at Gibeah. They said to Saul, ‘David is hiding among our people. He is on Hakilah hill, south of Jeshimon. He is hiding in the Horesh hills.
• 1 Samuel 2:9He takes care of his faithful people. But he puts wicked people in a dark place where they can do nothing. It is not a person's own strength that makes him great.
• 1 Samuel 2:25If you do something bad to another person, God can speak on your behalf. But if you do something bad against the Lord, nobody can speak on your behalf.’ Eli's sons did not listen to their father. The Lord had already decided to kill them.
• 1 Samuel 27:10Achish would ask David, ‘Which place did you go and attack today?’ Sometimes David would say, ‘We robbed the people of a town in Judah's desert.’ Or David might say, ‘We attacked a town in the desert where the people of Jerahmeel's clan live.’ Or he might say, ‘We attacked a town in the desert where the Kenites live.’
• Judges 1:16The Kenites were descendants of Moses' wife's father. They left Jericho with Judah's people to live in the region of Arad, in the Negev desert.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 30:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Them which were in Rachal - We know not where this place was; it is mentioned nowhere else in the Bible. Calmet conjectures that Hachilah, 1 Samuel 23:19, may be the same place; here we know David did conceal himself for some time, till the Ziphites endeavored to betray him to Saul. The cities of the Jerahmeelites - See before, 1 Samuel 27:10; (note). And - the cities of the Kenites - A very small tract on the southern coast of the Dead Sea.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-31Verses 21-31 What God gives us, he designs we should do good with. In distributing the spoil, David was just and kind. Those are men of Belial indeed, who delight in putting hardships upon their brethren, and care not who is starved, so that they may be fed to the full. David was generous and kind to all his friends. Those who consider the Lord as the Giver of their abundance, will dispose of it with fairness and liberality.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-30The places mentioned here were all in southern Judah. David eventually emerged from this territory as king (see 2 Samuel 2:1–4).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 30:29

• Rachal

In the dictionaries

• Belong
• David
• Elder
• Kenites
• Rachal
• Recover
• Ziklag
• Jerahmeel; Jerahmeelites
• Judah, Territory of
• Palestine

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings