1 Samuel 30:27

1Sa 30:27 To [them] which [were] in Bethel, and to [them] which [were] in south Ramoth, and to [them] which [were] in Jattir,

Ver. 27. To them which were in Bethel.] Or, At God’s house, i.e., at Kirjathjearim, where the ark now was. See 1Sa 7:16; 1Sa 10:3.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

30:27-30 The places mentioned here were all in southern Judah. David eventually emerged from this territory as king (see 2 Sam 2:1-4).

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Verse 27. To them which were in Beth-el] This was in the tribe of Ephraim.

South Ramoth] So called to distinguish it from Ramoth Gilead, beyond Jordan. This Ramoth belonged to the tribe of Simeon, Jos 19:8.

In Jattir] Supposed by Calmet to be the same as Ether, Jos 15:42, but more probably Jattir, Jos 15:48. It was situated in the mountains, and belonged to Judah.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

(27) Bethel . . . South Ramoth . . . Yattir.—Here follows an enumeration of the cities of Judah to whom David sent, most of which have been identified. Bethel—evidently not the well known place of that name, but Bethuel or Bethul in the tribe of Simeon. The LXX. read here Baithsour. South Ramoth, i.e., Ramah of the South. Shimei, who was over David’s vineyards, was most likely a native of this town (1Ch_27:27). The place has not been identified. Yattir—the present Attir in the southern part of Judah. Its ruins are still visible.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

27. Bethel] Not the well known Bethel in the tribe of Benjamin, but Bethul or Bethuel, called also Chesil, a city in the neighbourhood of Ziklag and Hormah, originally assigned to Judah, and subsequently transferred to Simeon (Jos_15:30; Jos_19:4; 1Ch_4:30).

south Ramoth] Ramoth-Negeb, or Ramoth in the south country, as distinguished from Ramoth Gilead, is probably the same as Ramath-Negeb in Jos_19:8. Perhaps “Shimei the Ramathite,” the overseer of David’s vineyards, came from it (1Ch_27:27).

Jattir] A priestly city in the mountains of Judah (Jos_15:48; Jos_21:14), probably the modern Attîr, 4½ miles S.W. of Eshtemoa. It may have been the native place of David’s heroes Ira and Gareb the Ithrites (2Sa_23:38).

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To them which were in Bethel,.... One part of the spoil was sent to them; not to those in Bethel, in the tribe of Benjamin, but in Kirjathjearim, called Bethel, or the house of God, because the ark was there, see Sa1 7:1; moreover, this place was also called Baalah, which some think is referred to here, see Jos 15:9,

and to them which were in south Ramoth; a city of the tribe of Simeon, which lay within the lot of Judah; of which see Jos 19:8,

and to them which were in Jattir; a city of the tribe of Judah; see Gill on Jos 15:48.

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Bethel - i. e. Bethuel 1Ch 4:30, quite in the south near Beer-sheba, Hormah, and Ziklag; or Bethul Jos 19:4, one of the cities of the Simeonites.

South Ramoth - Rather, “Ramoth of the South country” 1Sa 27:10; 1Sa 30:1, 1Sa 30:14, so-called to distinguish it from Ramoth-Gilead, one of the Simeonite cities Jos 19:8. Shimei, the Ramathite 1Ch 27:27, who was over David’s vineyards, was evidently a native of this Ramath. See below 1Sa 30:28.

Jattir - “In the mountains” of Judah, and one of the priests’ cities, is identified with ‘Attir, ten miles south of Hebron.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Bethel, "the house of God," as the priests had afforded him protection. (Haydock) --- It is not certain whether he speaks of a town of Ephraim, or of the cities where the ark and the tabernacle were now fixed. --- Ramoth, in the tribe of Simeon: (Calmet) there was another in the tribe of Gad. (Menochius) --- Jether, or "Jethira," (Eusebius) a priests’ town, called Ether, Josue xv. 42.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Beth-el, in Kirjath-jearim, where the ark was, 1Sa 10:3.

South Ramoth; a city in the tribe of Simeon, Jos 19:8; so called by way of distinction from Ramoth in Gilead, which was more northward, 1Ki 22:12.

Jattir; of which see Jos 15:48.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

27. Beth-el — Not the Beth-el of the tribe of Benjamin, but the Bethul of Simeon. Jos_19:4. Its site has not been identified; nor has that of South Ramoth, or Ramath of the south. Jos_19:8.

Jattir — The modern Attar, ten miles south of Hebron. Jos_15:48.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Bethel cannot be the famous city of that name, but is probably the Bethul of Jos_19:4, where it is mentioned as lying near Hormah and Ziklag. South Ramoth. Hebrew, "Ramoth-Negeb," called Ramath-Negeb in Jos_19:8. Like Bethul, it was a Simeonite village. Jattir belonged to Judah, (Jos_15:48) and was one of the cities assigned to the priests. (Jos_21:14)

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