1 Samuel 24:2

The rocks of the wild goats - To signify the craggy precipitous character of the country.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 24. David Spares Saul at Engedi (E). Chs. 24 and 26 give two versions of the same story, located at different places. Probably both versio...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

men . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14. his men . Hebrew 'enosh. App-14.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. Rocks of the wild go...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. Saul ... wen...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David spares Saul's Life at Engedi We have a similar incident narrated in 1 Samuel 26 , and some critics hold that the two are merely varying acc...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Rocks of the wild goats ] Some cliffs near Engedi, so called because wild goats congregated there. They are still numerous in this district.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Three thousand chosen men. — This large and carefully selected force is an indication how thoroughly impressed Saul was with the power of David at...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXI. DAVID TWICE SPARES THE LIFE OF SAUL. 1 Samuel 24:1-22 ; 1 Samuel 26:1-25 . THE invasion of the Philistines had freed David from...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Returning Good for Evil 1 Samuel 24:1-15 Engedi is situated on the western shore of the Dead Sea. As Saul entered the cave, a very insidious te...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At last Saul was in David's power. It would have been perfectly easy for him to have taken his life. He did not do so, but, withholding his hand, utt...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness o...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel ,.... Out of his army, with which he had been pursuing the Philistines: and went to see...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. Ver. 2. Upon the...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Upon the rocks of the wild goats Which the wild goats used to delight in and climb over. These same rocks are exceeding steep, and full of precipic...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Having 600 men with him, David could not easily be hidden, and Saul gets the report of his being in the wilderness of En-gedi. Not being exactly a br...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Spares Saul in the Cave. B. C. 1057. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which the wild goats use to delight and climb into. These very rocks are exceeding steep, and full of precipices, and dangerous to travellers, as an...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Saul Unwittingly Puts Himself At David's Mercy ( 1 Samuel 24:1-7 ). Even in Engedi David was not safe from a vengeful Saul, for once he had driven...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 24:2 “ Rocks of the wild goats ,” or ibex-rocks . Probably not a name for any particular rock, but a ge...
Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 24:1-2 (with Song of Solomon 1:14 ) Engedi means the fountain of the wild goat or rather, as we should say, of the ibex, the Syrian c...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 24:1 . En-gedi was adjacent to the dead sea. Strabo, speaking of the caverns in Syria and Iturea, says, there is one which will hold four...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ENGEDI (1Sa 23:29 -35-24). EXPOSITION DAVID SPARES SAUL 'S LIFE IN A CAVE ( 1 Samuel 24:1-9 )...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul in the Cave
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then Saul, still filled with the same bloodthirstiness which had brought him to the Wilderness of Maon, took three thousand chosen men out of all Is...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 13:2 ; Psalms 104:18 ; Psalms 141:6 ; Psalms 37:32 ; Psalms 38:12
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Rocks — Which the wild goats used to delight in and climb over. These very rocks are exceeding steep, and full of precipices, and dangerous to trav...

² Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 24:2

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 24:2