“ And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi. ”
En-gedi (the fountain of the kid), anciently called Hazezon-Tamar Genesis 14:7 from the palm-trees which used to grow there, still preserves its name in Ain-Djedy. It is about 200 yards from the...
And David went up from thence, and dwelt in (a) strong holds at Engedi. (a) That is, in strong places, which were defended by nature.
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...
And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi. Strong holds at En-gedi - En-gedi was situated near to the western coast of the Dead Sea, not far from Jeshimon: it literally signi...
And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi. David ... dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi, [Septuagint, en tois stenois Engaddi] - in the straits, the rugged cliffs of En...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(27) But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. (28) Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philis...
And David went up from thence ,.... From the wilderness of Maon, having had a narrow escape for his life: and dwelt in strong holds in Engedi ; another place in the tribe of Judah, and which lay i...
And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi. Ver. 29. Dwelt in strong holds at Engedi. ] Which was the utmost border of the country, a very rocky and craggy place, And here...
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...
19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 20 Now...
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David And His Men Have A Near Escape In The Wilderness of Maon ( 1 Samuel 23:25-28 ). When intelligence reached Saul that David was now in the wilderness of Maon it probably caused him similar del...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 1 Samuel 23:19 . “ Then came up the Ziphites .” “There is no spot from which you can obtain a better view of David’s wandering backwards and forwards in the desert t...
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...
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...
In the Wilderness of Ziph
1 Samuel 23:14 ; 1 Samuel 23:19 ; 1 Samuel 24:1 ; 2 Chronicles 20:2 ; Ezekiel 47:10 ; Genesis 14:7 ; Joshua 15:62 ; Song of Solomon 1:14