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?
Ver. 19. Then came up the Ziphites.] Who were of David's own tribe, and of good Caleb's stock, 1Ch 2:42 but naught and degenerate, as was likewise the churl Nabal, who came of Caleb. 1Sa 25:3
Doth not David hide himself with us?] This treacherous dealing of theirs drew from David - as he never was without his cordial - that sweet fifty-fourth Psalm. See Trapp on " Psa 54:1 "