1 Samuel 24:1

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 of (b)...
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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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1 Samuel 23:19 ; 1 Samuel 23:28 ; 1 Samuel 23:29 ; Ezekiel 22:9 ; Hosea 7:3 ; Proverbs 25:5 ; Proverbs 29:12

¹ And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from followinga the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

1 Samuel 24:1