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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
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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...
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TAKE KNOWLEDGE OF. get to know....
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The treachery of the Ziphites
19. _Then came up the Ziphites_ The title of Psalms 54. refers it to
this occasion, or that recorded in 1 Samuel 26:1, and the contents
agree with the situation. See esp...
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_the thousands of Judah_ i.e. the families. See on 1 Samuel 10:19....
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_Saul's Pursuit of David._ 1 Samuel 23:19-29
19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David
hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood, in the hill of
Hachilah, which _is...
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_NOW THEREFORE, O KING, COME DOWN ACCORDING TO ALL THE DESIRE OF THY
SOUL TO COME DOWN; AND OUR PART SHALL BE TO DELIVER HIM INTO THE
KING'S HAND._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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...
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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...
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THROUGHOUT ALL THE THOUSANDS OF JUDAH. — The “thousands” (Heb.,
_alaphim_)_,_ as we learn from Numbers 1:16; Numbers 10:4, were the
greater tribal divisions. Judah was especially mentioned by Saul as...
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וּ רְא֣וּ וּ דְע֗וּ מִ כֹּ֤ל הַ...
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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...
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A RELENTLESS PURSUIT FOILED
1 Samuel 23:15
Amid outward strife, God is sure to provide some rill of human love-a
tender friendship, a Jonathan. See Psalms 106:46. This is the mission
of a friend-to s...
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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...
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See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he
hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will
go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the (h)...
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CHAPTER XXIII.
_ And if. Hebrew, "if he be in the land, I will." --- Thousands; the
cities, or with all the troops. (Du Hamel)_...
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(19) В¶ 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? (20) Now
there...
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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...
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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...
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SEE THEREFORE, AND TAKE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THE LURKING PLACES WHERE HE
HIDETH HIMSELF,.... Which he most frequents, that ye may be able to
describe them, and the way to them, and easily find them when
n...
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See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he
hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will
go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land...
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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...
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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...
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19-29 In the midst of his wickedness, Saul affected to speak the
language of piety. Such expressions, without suitable effects, can
only amuse or deceive those who hear, and those who use them. This...
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i.e. Through all the parts of that tribe. Every tribe was divided into
thousands, as counties are now with us into hundreds. See JUDGES 6:15.
Or, _with all the thousands of Judah_, i. e. I will raise...
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1 Samuel 23:23 See H7200 (H8798) knowledge H3045 (H8798) places H4224
hides H2244 (H8691) back H7725 ...
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THE ZIPHITES INFORM SAUL OF DAVID'S WHEREABOUTS (1 SAMUEL 23:19).
Because we favour David we can tend to be harsh with anyone who
supported Saul, but in fact we do have to remember that Saul was the
r...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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)....
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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’s wandering
backwards and forwards in the desert than from...
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EXPOSITION
SAUL'S PURSUIT OF DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH (1 Samuel 23:14-9).
1 SAMUEL 23:14,...
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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...
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1 Kings 18:10; 2 Samuel 17:11; John 18:2; John 18:3; Micah 5:2;...