Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 27:10

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

These and the following Words are Ambiguous: for they may be understood, either of the Southern parts of Iudah, &c. which he would have Ac[illegible: 1+ letters]ish understand: or, of another Country lying Southward from Iudah, &c. which David meant, and which was the truth. So though it was not a downright lye; yet it was an Equivocation, with an intention to deceive, which is the formality of a Lye, and was contrary to that simplicity which became David both as a Prince, and as an Eminent Professor of the true Religion.

For, that is: for in the following words, he particularly expresseth what part of the South of Iudah he went against, even that which was Inhabited by the Iera[illegible: 1+ letters]meelites, and by the Kenites.

[illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] of [illegible: 1 word] ▪ a Family of Iu [illegible: 1+ letters], [illegible: 1+ letters] [illegible: 1 word]. 2▪ [illegible: 1+ letters] ▪ [illegible: 1 word] ▪

[illegible: 1 word] Posterity of Ie[illegible: 1+ letters]hro, which chose to dwel[illegible: 1+ letters] in the South of Iudah, Iudg. 1. 16. See Numb. [illegible: 1+ letters]4. 21.

Marginal references: Or, did [illegible: 1 word] make [illegible: 1+ letters] [illegible: 1 word] &c.