George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Samuel 23:6
An ephod, or the ephod. That is, the vestment of the high priest, with the Urim and Thummim, by which the Lord gave his oracles.
An ephod, or the ephod. That is, the vestment of the high priest, with the Urim and Thummim, by which the Lord gave his oracles.
Verse 1 Samuel 23:6. _CAME DOWN_ WITH _AN EPHOD._] I think this verse should come immediately after 1 Samuel 23:1....
CHAPTER 23 _ 1. The victory over the Philistines at Keilah (1 Samuel 23:1)_ 2. In the wilderness of Ziph (1 Samuel 23:14) 3. Saul's return (1 Samuel 23:27) Keilah was about six miles sou
1 SAMUEL 23. DAVID ESCAPES FROM SAUL (J). 1 Samuel 23:1. David hears that the Philistines are raiding the territory of Keilah (p. 31), a little S. of Adullam. He ascertains by oracles, probably using...
FLED. Compare 1 Samuel 22:20. This verse is the Figure of speech _Hysteresis._ App-6....
_fled to David to Keilah_ Since (_a_) it is implied by 1 Samuel 22:20 that Abiathar joined David before the expedition to Keilah: and (_b_) the inquiry in 1 Samuel 23:2_; 1 Samuel 23:4_implies the pre...
Saul's Pursuit of David to Keilah, 1 Samuel 23:1-29. _Abiathar, the Priest, With David._ 1 Samuel 23:1-6 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the t...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN ABIATHAR THE SON OF AHIMELECH FLED TO DAVID TO KEILAH, THAT HE CAME DOWN WITH AN EPHOD IN HIS HAND._ When Abiathar ... fled to David ... he came down with an ephod - in whi...
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 it was that David was able to enquire of the LORD: see...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 23 DAVID SAVES THE TOWN OF KEILAH V1 Someone told David that the *Philistines were attacking the town of Keilah. And they were stealing the g...
WITH AN EPHOD IN HIS HAND. — The difficulty-here with the version and commentators is that they failed to understand that enquiry of the Lord could be made in any other mode than through the Urim. (Se...
וַ יְהִ֗י בִּ֠ בְרֹחַ אֶבְיָתָ֧ר בֶּן ־אֲחִימ
CHAPTER XXX. _ DAVID AT KEILAH, ZIPH, AND MAON._ 1 Samuel 23:1. THE period of David's life shortly sketched in this chapter, must have been full of trying and exciting events. If we knew all the det...
SUCCESS AND SAFETY UNDER GOD'S GUIDANCE 1 Samuel 23:1 We learn here that those who are called to walk in the maze of human life need to look constantly upward for direction. “It is not in man that wa...
The series of happenings recorded in this chapter reveals most vividly the appalling condition of affairs in the kingdom. Saul, still nominally king, filled with hatred for David, was devoting all hi...
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, [that] he came down [with] an (c) ephod in his hand. (c) By God's providence the ephod was preserved and kept with Dav...
(6) And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. It was no inconsiderable token this neither of the same favour, in tha...
We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...
David, despised as he may be, is the king and saviour of the people; he puts the Philistines to flight with great slaughter. He finds nothing but treachery in Israel, of which Saul makes use in the ho...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN ABIATHAR THE SON OF AHIMELECH FLED TO DAVID TO KEILAH,.... Either when he was there, or near the place: [THAT] HE CAME DOWN WITH AN EPHOD IN HIS HAND; not with a linen ephod...
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, [that] he came down [with] an ephod in his hand. Ver. 6. _With an ephod in his hand._] Or, The ephod came into his han...
_He came down with an ephod_ Rather, _with the ephod_, namely, the high-priest's ephod, wherein were the _Urim_ and _Thummim._ For Abiathar, being left, it is probable, to keep the sanctuary, while hi...
1 Dauid enquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, rescueth Keilah. 7 God shewing him the comming of Saul and the trecherie of the Keilites, he escapeth from Keilah. 14 In Ziph Ionathan commeth and comforte...
David's Rescue of Keilah...
And it came to pass, as is here noted in explanation, WHEN ABIATHAR, THE SON OF AHIMELECH, FLED TO DAVID TO KEILAH, joining him just when the campaign to rescue the city was planned, THAT HE CAME DOWN...
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 the threshing floors. Saul shows no concern for the...
1-6 When princes persecute God's people, let them expect vexation on all sides. The way for any country to be quiet, is to let God's church be quiet in it: if Saul fight against David, the Philistines...
Or, with _the ephod_, to wit, the high priest's ephod, in which were the Urim and Thummim, EXODUS 28:30, which when Ahimelech and the rest of the priests went to Saul, were probably left in his hand,...
1 Samuel 23:6 Abiathar H54 son H1121 Ahimelech H288 fled H1272 (H8800) David H1732 Keilah H7084 down H3381 ...
SAUL LEARNS THAT DAVID AND HIS MEN ARE GATHERED IN KEILAH AND SUMMONS THE TRIBES SO AS TO CAPTURE HIM (1 SAMUEL 23:6). When news reached Saul that David and his men had delivered Keilah from the hands...
SECTION 4 SUBSECTION B. DAVID DELIVERS KEILAH FROM AN INVASION BY THE PHILISTINES, IS VISITED BY JONATHAN, AND EVADES CAPTURE BY SAUL (1 SAMUEL 23:1) a David Delivers Keilah From An Invasion By The...
CONTENTS: Wanderings and adventures of David. CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul, Jonathan, Abiathar. CONCLUSION: Whatever befalls us, if we acknowledge God in all our ways and seek direction from Him, Go...
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 yet again._ Gideon also asked a double sign in time of fe...
_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. It is God’s will he desires to know (1 Samuel 23:4)....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 22:1. “KEILAH.” A city of Judah, mentioned in Joshua 15:44, and identified by Lieut. Van de Velde with a site containing ruins, and now called Kila, a few miles...
ADVENTURES OF DAVID AT KEILAH AND IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH (1 Samuel 23:1). EXPOSITION DAVID RESCUES KEILAH, BUT HAS
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they're robbing their threshingfloors. So David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philisti...
1 Samuel 14:18; 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 14:36; 1 Samuel 14:37;...
Ephod — With the Ephod, the high — priest's Ephod, wherein were the Urim and the Thummim, which when Ahimelech and the rest of the priests went to Saul, were probably left in his hand. This gave him t...