1 Samuel 23:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. ”

1 Samuel 23:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23. David Escapes from Saul (J). 1 Samuel 23:1-13 . David hears that the Philistines are raiding the territory of Keilah (p. 31), a little S. of Adullam. He ascertains by oracles, proba...
1 Samuel 23:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

life . soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
1 Samuel 23:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
1 Samuel 23:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. No JFB commentary on this verse.
1 Samuel 23:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David delivers Keilah and afterwards retires to the Wilderness of Ziph and maon 6. With an ephod in his hand ] This is inserted to explain how it was that David was able to enquire of the Lord...
1 Samuel 23:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In a wood. — Some have understood this as a proper name, Horesh. There is no trace of the wood now. The land lost its ornament of trees centuries ago, through the desolating hand of man. — Van der...
1 Samuel 23:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXX. DAVID AT KEILAH, ZIPH, AND MAON. 1 Samuel 23:1-29 . THE period of David's life shortly sketched in this chapter, must have been full of trying and exciting events. If we knew all...
1 Samuel 23:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Relentless Pursuit Foiled 1 Samuel 23:15-29 Amid outward strife, God is sure to provide some rill of human love-a tender friendship, a Jonathan. See Psalms 106:46 . This is the mission of a...
1 Samuel 23:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The series of happenings recorded in this chapter reveals most vividly the appalling condition of affairs in the kingdom. Saul, still nominally king, filled with hatred for David, was devoting all h...
1 Samuel 23:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(14) В¶ And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. (15) And David...
1 Samuel 23:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life ,.... Either he saw him with his bodily eyes from the top of the mountain where he was, 1 Samuel 23:14 ; or he perceived, he understood by info...
1 Samuel 23:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David [was] in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. Ver. 15. And David saw. ] By his scouts and intelligence, he well perceived his present...
1 Samuel 23:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David remains devoted to his people Israel. It is disturbing to him to hear that the Philistines were fighting against Keilah and robbing grain from the threshing floors. Saul shows no concern for th...
1 Samuel 23:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David in the Wilderness of Ziph. B. C. 1057. 14 And David abode in the wilderness in s...
1 Samuel 23:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

David saw; either by information from his spies, or by prospect from the top of the mountain where he was.
1 Samuel 23:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Section 4 Subsection B. David Delivers Keilah From An Invasion By The Philistines, Is Visited by Jonathan, And Evades Capture By Saul ( 1 Samuel 23:1-28 ) a David Delivers Keilah From An Invasio...
1 Samuel 23:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 1 Samuel 23:13 . “ They went whithersoever ,” etc. Lit. “They wandered about where they wandered about, i.e. , wherever they could go without danger.” (Keil.) 1...
1 Samuel 23:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 23:1 . Keilah, a walled town in the south of Judah, near the sources of the brook Besor. 1 Samuel 23:4 . David enquired of the Lord yet again. Gideon also asked a double sign in time...
1 Samuel 23:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Arise, go down to Keilah. The training in the wilderness The contrast between David at Nob or Gath and at Hareth and Keilah is most marked. 1. It is God’s will he desires to know ( 1 Samuel...
1 Samuel 23:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SAUL 'S PURSUIT OF DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH ( 1 Samuel 23:14-9 ). 1 Samuel 23:14 , 1 Samuel 23:15 Strong holds. Natural fortresses in the woods an...
1 Samuel 23:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Wilderness of Ziph
1 Samuel 23:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 44:30

1 Samuel 23:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 23:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 23:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 23:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 23:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 23:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 23:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 23:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 23:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 23:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 23:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 23:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 23:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 23:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 23:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 23:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 23:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge