1 Samuel 30 · Verse 29

1 Samuel 30:29

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,
1 Samuel 30:29, King James Version

1 Samuel 30:29 in other translations

BSBto those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;
WEBto those who were in Racal, to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
ASVand to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of the Kenites,
YLTand to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,
DARBYand to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,
BBEand Carmel and in the towns of the Jerahmeelites, and in the towns of the Kenites;
WebsterAnd to them who were in Rachal, and to them who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them who were in the cities of the Kenites,

What does 1 Samuel 30:29 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Them which were in Rachal - We know not where this place was; it is mentioned nowhere else in the Bible. Calmet conjectures that Hachilah, 1Sam 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, 1Sam 27:10 (note). And - the cities of the Kenites - A very small tract on the southern coast of the Dead Sea.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 30:21-31

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.

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1 Samuel 30:29 in the original Hebrew

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וְלַאֲשֶׁ֣רve.la.'a.Sherand for [those] whoH834
בְּרָכָ֗לbe.ra.Khal[were] in RacalH7403
וְלַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ve.la.'a.Sherand for [those] whoH834
בְּעָרֵ֣יbe.'a.Rei[were] in [the] cities ofH5892
הַיְּרַחְמְאֵלִ֔יhai.ye.rach.me.'e.Lithe Jerahmeelite[s]H3397
וְלַאֲשֶׁ֖רve.la.'a.Sherand for [those] whoH834
בְּעָרֵ֥יbe.'a.Rei[were] in [the] cities ofH5892
הַקֵּינִֽי\׃ha.kei.Nithe Kenite[s]H7017

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 30:29

  • 1 Samuel 27:10

    And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

  • Judges 1:16

    And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

  • 1 Samuel 15:6

    And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

  • 1 Samuel 23:19

    Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rachal.Supposed by Calmet to be the same as Hachilah.
23:19
Jerahmeelites.The descendants of Jerahmeel son of Hezron, (1 Ch 2:9, 25-27,) who inhabited a district in the south of Judah.
27:10
Kenites.These people inhabited a small tract west of the Dead Sea.
Jud 1:16

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 30:28

    And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,

  • 1 Samuel 30:29

    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,

  • 1 Samuel 30:30

    And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor–ashan, and to them which were in Athach,

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1 Samuel 30:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y á los que estaban en Rachâl, y á los que estaban en las ciudades de Jerameel, y á los que estaban en las ciudades del Cineo;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et à ceux qui étaient à Racal, et à ceux qui étaient dans les villes des Jerakhmeélites, et à ceux qui étaient dans les villes des Kéniens,
German
Elberfelder 1871
und denen zu Rakal und denen in den Städten der Jerachmeeliter und denen in den Städten der Keniter,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et qui in Rachal, et qui in urbibus Jerameel, et qui in urbibus Ceni,