1 Samuel 23:28

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sela-hammahlekoth - See the margin. (Identified by Conder with a narrow and impassable gorge between El Kolah and Maon, called Malaky).
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place (l) Selahammahlekoth. (l) That...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Sela-hammahlekoth . the cliff of divisions or separations. Now Wady Malaky, where two forces could be inaccessible the one to the other, and yet w...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth. They called t...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

There came a messenger unto Saul— Thus, by the timely interposition of Providence, David was delivered from one of the most immediate dangers of hi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammah-lekoth. There...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Selahammahlekoth ] i.e. 'the rock of divisions.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Sela-hammahlekoth. — Literally, as in the margin of our Bibles, the rock (or, still better, the cliff ) of divisions. Other scholars, with gre...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The series of happenings recorded in this chapter reveals most vividly the appalling condition of affairs in the kingdom. Saul, still nominally king...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore Saul returned from pursuing after David ,.... Stopped short at once, as soon as ever he received the message: and went against the Phili...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth. Ver. 28. T...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There came a messenger unto Saul See the providence of God! His wisdom is never at a loss for ways and means to preserve his people. Nothing could...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 Hachi...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. The rock of divisions, because there Saul was separated, and in a manner pulled asunder from David, who was now almost within his reach.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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:...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 wil...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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’...
Scofield Reference Notes

Selahammahlekoth That is, The Crag (or Cliff) of Divisions.
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SAUL 'S PURSUIT OF DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH ( 1 Samuel 23:14-9 ). 1 Samuel 23:14 , 1 Samuel 23:15...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Wilderness of Ziph
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth (rock of divi...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Called, &c. — That is, The rock of divisions, because there Saul was separated, and in a manner pulled asunder from David, who was now almost w...

²⁸ Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.d

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 23:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 23:28