1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Samuel 20:12-17; 1 Samuel 20:42; 2 Samuel 21:7; 2 Samuel 9:1
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 lit...
covenant . Some codices, with two early printed editions, add "in. wood".
And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
And I shall be next unto, &c.— i.e. "The "next person to thee in thy kingdom." And they too made a covenant before the Lord; that is, solemnl...
And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
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 f...
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 Jonath...
The series of happenings recorded in this chapter reveals most vividly the appalling condition of affairs in the kingdom. Saul, still nominally king...
(16) And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. (17) And he said unto him, Fear not: for the h...
And they two made a covenant before the Lord ,.... Renewed the covenant they had before made in the name and fear of God, and before him as a witnes...
And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. Ver. 18. And they two made a covenant....
They two made a covenant before the Lord We have reason here to admire the sincere friendship of Jonathan, which remained so unshaken to David in a...
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...
David in the Wilderness of Ziph. B. C. 1057....
They two made a covenant, i.e. renewed their former covenant before the Lord; setting themselves as in God's presence, and calling upon him to be w...
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:...
Jonathan Comes To David In Order To Encourage Him As Saul Continues To Pursue Him ( 1 Samuel 23:14-18 ). Meanwhile David had a pleasant surprise,...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 1 Samuel 23:13 . “ They went whithersoever ,” etc. Lit. “They wandered about where they wandered about, i.e. , whe...
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 ye...
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...
EXPOSITION SAUL 'S PURSUIT OF DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH ( 1 Samuel 23:14-9 ). 1 Samuel 23:14 , 1 Samuel 23:15...
In the Wilderness of Ziph
And they two made a covenant before the Lord, renewing the covenant which united their hearts, 1 Samuel 20:16-42 ; and David abode in the wood, re...
Made a covenant — They then parted, and never came together again, that we find, in this world.
18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.