Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 23:25
A rock — That is, into a cave which was in the rock; where at first he might think to hide himself, but upon farther consideration he removed from thence upon Saul's approach.
A rock — That is, into a cave which was in the rock; where at first he might think to hide himself, but upon farther consideration he removed from thence upon Saul's approach.
Verse 1 Samuel 23:25. _THE WILDERNESS OF MAON._] Maon was a mountainous district in the most southern parts of Judah. Calmet supposes it to be the city of _Menois_, which Eusebius places in the vicini...
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...
SEEK HIM. Some codices, with one early printed edition (margin), read "seek David". INTO. ROCK. from the rock....
_into a rock_ TO THE ROCK, or, CLIFF, which was afterwards called "the rock of divisions" (1 Samuel 23:28). The Sept. reads "which is in the wilderness of Maon" in place of "and abode in the wildernes...
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...
SAUL ALSO AND HIS MEN WENT— Saul, informed of the place where David was, went in person to invest it; and, humanly speaking, David could not possibly escape: but God heard the prayers which this holy...
_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...
_SAUL ALSO AND HIS MEN WENT TO SEEK HIM. AND THEY TOLD DAVID: WHEREFORE HE CAME DOWN INTO A ROCK, AND ABODE IN THE WILDERNESS OF MAON. AND WHEN SAUL HEARD THAT, HE PURSUED AFTER DAVID IN THE WILDERNES...
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...
MAON] mentioned in Joshua 15:55 in connexion with Carmel and Ziph. It is a lofty conical hill 7 m. S. of Hebron....
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...
וַ יֵּ֨לֶךְ שָׁא֣וּל וַ אֲנָשָׁיו֮ לְ בַקֵּשׁ
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...
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...
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...
Saul also and his men went to seek [him]. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of (i) Maon. And when Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wi...
(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...
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 SAUL ALSO AND HIS MEN WENT TO SEEK [HIM],.... Whether the Ziphites returned to him with better intelligence, or sent him word where David was, is not said, however Saul with his army came out in s...
Saul also and his men went to seek [him]. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilder...
_But David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon_ Having heard what the Ziphites had undertaken, David disappointed their design by going into another place, with which, it is likely, they were n...
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...
IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH...
Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; wherefore he came down into a rock, descended the rock, the mountain where he had been, in order to reach the lowland and a new hiding-plac...
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...
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...
INTO A ROCK, i. e. into a cave which was in the rock; or which might, be called a rock, not for the height, but the strength of its situation; where at first he might think to hide himself, but upon f...
1 Samuel 23:25 Saul H7586 men H582 went H3212 (H8799) seek H1245 (H8763) told H5046 (H8686) David...
DAVID AND HIS MEN HAVE A NEAR ESCAPE IN THE WILDERNESS OF MAON (1 SAMUEL 23:25). When intelligence reached Saul that David was now in the wilderness of Maon it probably caused him similar delight to 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 23:1) 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)....
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 23:24 Apparently David was on the eastern slope of a mountain trying to escape toward the Dead Sea, while Saul was on the western slope. Saul divided his force into two flank...
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...
EXPOSITION SAUL'S PURSUIT OF DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH (1 Samuel 23:14-9). 1 SAMUEL 23:14,...
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 23:28; Judges 15:8...