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And the Israelites were encamped by the spring that is in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which <i>is</i> in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then the Philistines gathered together all their armies at Aphek, and the Israelites encamped by a fountain which <i>is</i> in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then the Philistines gathered together all their camps to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now the Philistines gathered all their forces at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Philistines brought all their military units together at Aphek while Israel was camped by the spring in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Philistines brought all their military units together at Aphek while Israel was camped by the spring in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the fountain which is in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The Philistines had brought their whole army to Aphek, while Israel's army was camping near Jezreel Spring. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by the fountain which is in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The Philistines assembled their whole army at Aphek, and Israel camped at the spring in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Philistines brought all their troops together at Aphek, while the Israelites camped at the spring in Jezreel Valley. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The Philistines gathered all their troops at Aphek, while Israel was camped at the spring in Jezreel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The Philistines assembled all their troops at Aphek, while Israel camped at the spring that is in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites camped by the spring which is in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now the Philistines collected all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by a fountain which is in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the Philistines gather all their camps to Aphek, and Israel is encamping at a fountain which [is] in Jezreel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the Philistines gather all their camps to Aphek, and the Israelites are encamping at a fountain which is in Jezreel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the rovers will gather together all their camp to Aphek: and Israel encamping by a fountain which is in Jezreel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Now all the troops of the Philistines were gathered together to Aphec: and Israel also camped by the fountain which is in Jezrahel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then all the troops of the Philistines were gathered together at Aphek. But Israel also made camp, above the spring which is in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Now the Philistines had mustered all their forces in Aphek, and the Israelites were encamped at the spring in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the Philistines gathered all their forces at Aphek, while the Israelites were encamped by the fountain that is in Jezreel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />- - -<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Philistines gathered all their camps to Aphaq, and Israel was camping at the spring that was in Yizrael<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek; and the Israelites pitched by the fountain which is in Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Philistines gather all their armies to Aphec, and Israel encamped in Aendor, which is in Jezrael.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/29-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=8528" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/29.htm">The Philistines Reject David</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6430.htm" title="6430: p̄ə·liš·tîm (N-proper-mp) -- Inhab. of Philistia. Patrial from Plesheth; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth.">Now the Philistines</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">brought all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: ma·ḥă·nê·hem (N-cpc:: 3mp) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">their forces</a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: way·yiq·bə·ṣū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">together</a> <a href="/hebrew/663.htm" title="663: ’ă·p̄ê·qāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Or raphiyq; from 'aphaq; fortress; Aphek, the name of three places in Palestine.">at Aphek,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: wə·yiś·rā·’êl (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">while Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/2583.htm" title="2583: ḥō·nîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; by implication, to decline; specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. To encamp.">camped</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ba·‘a·yin (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">by the spring</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3157.htm" title="3157: bə·yiz·rə·‘el (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- From zara' and 'el; God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites.">in Jezreel.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>As the Philistine leaders marched out their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/28-1.htm">1 Samuel 28:1-2</a></span><br />Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.” / David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/30-1.htm">1 Samuel 30:1</a></span><br />On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/27-1.htm">1 Samuel 27:1-12</a></span><br />David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.” / So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath. / David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-1.htm">1 Samuel 31:1</a></span><br />Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/1-1.htm">2 Samuel 1:1</a></span><br />After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/4-4.htm">2 Samuel 4:4</a></span><br />And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/3-21.htm">2 Kings 3:21</a></span><br />Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13</a></span><br />After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Judges 6:33</a></span><br />Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/7-12.htm">Judges 7:12</a></span><br />Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/13-2.htm">Joshua 13:2-3</a></span><br />This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, / from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/11-22.htm">Joshua 11:22</a></span><br />No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/13-13.htm">Joshua 13:13</a></span><br />but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/10-1.htm">1 Chronicles 10:1</a></span><br />Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-19.htm">1 Chronicles 12:19</a></span><br />Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.</p><p class="hdg">the Philistines</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/28-1.htm">1 Samuel 28:1,2</a></b></br> And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men… </p><p class="hdg">Aphek</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/4-1.htm">1 Samuel 4:1</a></b></br> And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/19-30.htm">Joshua 19:30</a></b></br> Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/20-30.htm">1 Kings 20:30</a></b></br> But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and <i>there</i> a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men <i>that were</i> left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.</p><p class="hdg">Jezreel</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm">1 Samuel 28:4</a></b></br> And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/19-18.htm">Joshua 19:18</a></b></br> And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Judges 6:33</a></b></br> Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/4-1.htm">Aphek</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-1.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-19.htm">Army</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/numbers/24-2.htm">Camping</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-1.htm">Camps</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm">Collected</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-33.htm">Encamping</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-45.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-19.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-3.htm">Jezreel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-43.htm">Jizreel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-19.htm">Philistines</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-26.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-23.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/20-26.htm">Aphek</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-10.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/1_samuel/29-6.htm">Army</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-26.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-13.htm">Camping</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">Camps</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-29.htm">Collected</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-11.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-13.htm">Encamping</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-10.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/1_samuel/29-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/31-1.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/1_samuel/29-11.htm">Jezreel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/29-11.htm">Jizreel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/29-2.htm">Philistines</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-17.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-5.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/1_samuel/31-6.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/29-1.htm">David marching with the Philistines</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/29-3.htm">is disallowed by their princes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/29-6.htm">Achish dismisses him, with commendations of his fidelity</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/29.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_samuel/29.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek</b><br>Aphek was a significant location in the biblical narrative, often associated with battles between the Israelites and the Philistines. It was strategically located near the coastal plain, providing a staging ground for military campaigns. The gathering of all Philistine forces indicates a major military operation, reflecting the ongoing conflict between the Philistines and Israelites during the time of Saul. This assembly of forces suggests a unified Philistine front, highlighting their intent to decisively confront Israel. Historically, Aphek is mentioned in other biblical accounts, such as in <a href="/1_samuel/4.htm">1 Samuel 4</a>, where the Philistines defeated Israel and captured the Ark of the Covenant. This location serves as a reminder of the Philistines' persistent threat to Israel and their desire to dominate the region.<p><b>while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel</b><br>Jezreel was a fertile valley in northern Israel, known for its strategic importance and agricultural productivity. The spring in Jezreel provided a vital water source for the Israelite army, essential for sustaining troops during military campaigns. This location also served as a defensive position, allowing Israel to monitor Philistine movements. The mention of Jezreel connects to other significant biblical events, such as the story of Naboth's vineyard and the eventual downfall of King Ahab's dynasty. The valley's history is intertwined with themes of judgment and divine intervention. In the context of <a href="/1_samuel/29.htm">1 Samuel 29</a>, Israel's encampment at Jezreel sets the stage for the unfolding narrative of David's relationship with the Philistines and his eventual rise to kingship. The geographical setting underscores the tension and anticipation of the impending conflict between the two nations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/philistines.htm">Philistines</a></b><br>A significant group of people in the Old Testament, often in conflict with Israel. They were known for their military prowess and were a constant threat to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/aphek.htm">Aphek</a></b><br>A location frequently mentioned in the Bible, often associated with battles between the Israelites and the Philistines. It was a strategic military site.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, often depicted in the Old Testament as struggling with faithfulness to God amidst external threats and internal challenges.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jezreel.htm">Jezreel</a></b><br>A valley in Israel known for its fertile land and strategic importance. It was often a site of military encampments and battles.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Although not mentioned in this specific verse, David's situation is central to the surrounding account. He was living among the Philistines at this time, creating tension and complexity in his relationship with both the Philistines and Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_conflict.htm">God's Sovereignty in Conflict</a></b><br>Recognize that God is in control even when His people face formidable enemies. Trust in His plan and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_strategic_locations.htm">The Importance of Strategic Locations</a></b><br>Understand the significance of places like Aphek and Jezreel in biblical history, and how God uses them for His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_amidst_tension.htm">Faithfulness Amidst Tension</a></b><br>Learn from David's complex situation living among the Philistines. Consider how to remain faithful to God when faced with conflicting loyalties.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_spiritual_battles.htm">Preparation for Spiritual Battles</a></b><br>Just as Israel and the Philistines prepared for physical battle, Christians must prepare for spiritual battles through prayer, scripture, and community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Reflect on how God has delivered His people in the past and trust in His ability to deliver us from our current struggles.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_1_sam_29_contradict_gath_history.htm">Does the portrayal of David living among the Philistines in 1 Samuel 29 contradict any archaeological or historical evidence concerning Gath or its rulers? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_achish_accept_david_in_1_sam_29.htm">How can David's earlier triumphs over the Philistines, such as in 1 Samuel 17, be reconciled with Achish's acceptance of him in 1 Samuel 29?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_objection_to_david's_philistine_ties.htm">Why is there no mention of the Israelites objecting to David’s alliance with Philistines in 1 Samuel 29, given David’s notable status and background? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_sources_confirm_1_samuel_29_events.htm">What extra-biblical sources, if any, corroborate or challenge the events and political dynamics described in 1 Samuel 29?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) <span class= "bld">Aphek.</span>--The name Aphek was a common one, and was given to several "places of arms" in Canaan. It signifies a fort or a strong place. This Aphek was most likely situated in the Plain of Jezreel. Eusebius places it in the neighbourhood of En-dor.<p><span class= "bld">By a fountain which is in Jezreel.</span>--"By a fountain." The LXX. wrongly adds "dor," supposing the spring or fountain to be the well-known En-dor--spring of Dor--but En-dor, we know, lay many miles away from the camp of Saul. This "fountain" has been identified by modern travellers as <span class= "ital">Ain-Jal-d, </span>the Fountain of Goliath, because it was traditionally regarded as the scene of the old combat with the giant. It is a large spring which flows from under the cavern in the rock which forms the base of Gilboa. "There is every reason to regard this as the ancient fountain of Jezreel, where Saul and Jonathan pitched before their last fatal battle, and where, too, in the days of the Crusades, Saladin and the Christians successively encamped."--Robinson, <span class= "ital">Palestine, </span>3:167, 8.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The Philistines gathered,</span> etc. The narrative, broken off for the description of Saul's abasement, is again resumed from <a href="/1_samuel/28-1.htm">1 Samuel 28:1</a>. <span class="cmt_word">Aphek</span>. As we saw on 1 Samuel 4:1, this word, signifying a <span class="accented">fortress</span>, is a very common name for places. If it was the Aphek in Judah there mentioned, David's dismissal would have taken place near Gath, and so soon after Achish joined the Philistine army. Mr. Conder thinks it was the place represented by the modern village <span class="accented">Fuku'a</span>, near Mount Gilboa, in the tribe of Issachar; but as this was distant from Ziklag eighty or ninety miles, it would not have been possible for David to have reached home thence on the third day (<a href="/1_samuel/30-1.htm">1 Samuel 30:1</a>), nor was it probable that his presence with his little army would remain long unnoticed. <span class="cmt_word">A fountain which is in Jezreel.</span> Hebrew, "the fountain." Conder says, "Crossing the valley we see before us the site of Jezreel, on a knoll 500 feet high. The position is very peculiar, for whilst on the north and northeast the slopes are steep and rugged, on the south the ascent is very gradual, and the traveller coming northward is astonished to look down suddenly on the valley with its two springs: one, 'Ain Jalud, welling out from a conglomerate cliff, and forming a pool 100 yards long with muddy borders; the other, the Crusaders' fountain of Tubania" ('Tent-Work,' 1:124). The former is the fountain mentioned here; and it is evident that even now Saul had chosen a strong position for his army. The reading of the Septuagint, <span class="accented">En-dor</span> instead of "the fountain" (Hebrew, <span class="accented">En</span>, or <span class="accented">Ain</span>), is indefensible, as the Israelites were many miles to the southward. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/29-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now the Philistines</span><br /><span class="heb">פְלִשְׁתִּ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ə·liš·tîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6430.htm">Strong's 6430: </a> </span><span class="str2">Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia</span><br /><br /><span class="word">brought all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their forces</span><br /><span class="heb">מַחֲנֵיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·ḥă·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> </span><span class="str2">An encampment, an army</span><br /><br /><span class="word">together</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְבְּצ֧וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·bə·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather, collect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at Aphek,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲפֵ֑קָה</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·p̄ê·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_663.htm">Strong's 663: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aphek -- perhaps 'fortress', the name of several places in Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">while Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">camped</span><br /><span class="heb">חֹנִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(ḥō·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2583.htm">Strong's 2583: </a> </span><span class="str2">To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by the spring</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעַ֖יִן</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘a·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Jezreel.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yiz·rə·‘el)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3157.htm">Strong's 3157: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jezreel -- 'God sows', two Israelites, also two cities in Israel, also a valley in Northern Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/29-1.htm">1 Samuel 29:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/29-1.htm">1 Samuel 29:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/29-1.htm">1 Samuel 29:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/29-1.htm">1 Samuel 29:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/29-1.htm">1 Samuel 29:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/29-1.htm">1 Samuel 29:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/29-1.htm">1 Samuel 29:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/29-1.htm">1 Samuel 29:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/29-1.htm">1 Samuel 29:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/29-1.htm">1 Samuel 29:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/29-1.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/28-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 28:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 28:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/29-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 29:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 29:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>