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1 Kings 2:39
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
am 2993, bc 1011, An, Ex, Is, 480
Achish: 1 Samuel 21:10, 1 Samuel 27:2, 1 Samuel 27:3
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:17 - against Gath
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And it came to pass, at the end of three years,.... He had dwelt at Jerusalem:
that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish the son of Maachah king of Gath; and they told Shimei, saying, behold, thy servant [be] in Gath; he being a churlish, ill-natured man, always cursing or beating them, or imposing too hard service upon them, or not allowing them the necessaries of life; wherefore they broke away from him, and fled to Gath, and put themselves under the protection of the king of that place, who was now at peace with Israel, and a tributary to them: if this Achish was the same that was David's friend, who sheltered him when persecuted by, Saul, he must be an old man; for that was between forty or fifty years ago; and as he seems to be, since he is called the son of Maoch, 1 Samuel 27:2; which may be thought to be the same with Maachah here.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Achish - Possibly the Achish of the marginal reference, but more probably the grandson of the former Achish.