...to which David escaped after Achish king of Gath had let him go, believing him to be mad. And here " every one that was in distress, and every one that...themselves unto him ; and he became a captain over them " (1 Sam. xxii. 2). In a similar limestone cleft near here, in the vale of Etham, Samson took shelter...

...precisely the followers who attached themselves to the good King David at the cave of Adullam ; videlicet, every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, which the vulgate renders bitter of soul ; and doubtless," he said, " they will prove mighty men of...

...Adullam : and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. 2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that...: and there were with him about four hundred men. 3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab : and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my...

...diftrefs, and every one that iuas in debt, and every one tbji I0i«difcontented, gathered themfelves unto him ; and he became a captain over them : and there were with him about four hundred men. 3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab : and he faid unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my...

...not needful here; but I beg to observe, David had his followers, who are thus described : — " ' And every one that was in distress, and every one that...there were with him about four hundred men.' , " I do not think, when it is considered of what David's followers were composed, that it derogates from...

...were the men who have always been found ready to embark in desperate designs, — ' every one that is in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented.' Talleyrand bas said that hope is the counterpoise of discontent ; with more truth may it be said to...

...£>* every one that wot f discontented, ga- tH«bM«rr thered themselves unto him; and he be- rf came • *• * * 24 1 And Joseph said unto his bre- Lr«.' thren, I die 3 T And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab : and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and...

...hundred wretches. " Every one that was in distress, 1 1 Sam. vi. 19. ' Ib. xiii. 19, 20. 3 Ib. xi. 6. and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him."1 This was a man alter God's own heart ; so the first thing he does is to assassinate a farmer,...

...My band is, perhaps, now, somewhat like that which David entertained in the cave of Adullam, when ' every one that was in distress, and every one that...themselves unto him ; and he became a captain over them.' * Yet remember, that with such men he conquered the Philistines, and baffled the malignant vengeance...

...precisely the followers who attached themselves to the good king David at the cave of Adullam; videlicet, every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, which the vulgate renders bitter of soul; and doubtless," he said, " they will prove mighty men of...