Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 23:14
Ziph is placed between Hebron and En-gedi (marginal references). (The “wood” 1 Samuel 23:15 is by Conder taken as a proper name, “Cheresh,” and identified with Khoreisa.)
Ziph is placed between Hebron and En-gedi (marginal references). (The “wood” 1 Samuel 23:15 is by Conder taken as a proper name, “Cheresh,” and identified with Khoreisa.)
Verse 1 Samuel 23:14. _WILDERNESS OF ZIPH_] Ziph was a city in the southern part of Judea, not far from Carmel....
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...
MOUNTAIN. hill country....
_And David abode in the wilderness_ David's next resort was "the wilderness of Judah," the wild uncultivated tract lying between the mountains of Judah and the Dead Sea. His chief abode was "the mount...
The treachery of the Keilites 7. _hath delivered him_ Lit. _hath rejected him and delivered him_. So blind was Saul as to imagine that it was not himself but David whom God had rejected. The Sept. re...
IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH— This mountainous wilderness was within the precincts of the tribe of Judah, (for there, as it was natural, David thought himself most in safety,) and upon the confines of Ed...
_David's and Jonathan's Meeting._ 1 Samuel 23:7-18 7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a tow...
_AND DAVID ABODE IN THE WILDERNESS IN STRONG HOLDS, AND REMAINED IN A MOUNTAIN IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH. AND SAUL SOUGHT HIM EVERY DAY, BUT GOD DELIVERED HIM NOT INTO HIS HAND._ David abode ... in t...
ZIPH] identified with _Tell Zif,_ a rounded hill, 4 M. SE. of Hebron....
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...
THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH. — This wilderness probably lies between Hebron and En-gedi. Some of these “stations” in the wanderings of the future king are only doubtfully identified. Cowper’s musical — tho...
וַ יֵּ֨שֶׁב דָּוִ֤ד בַּ † מִּדְבָּר֙ בַּ...
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 David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God (e) delivered him not into his hand. (e) No power nor p...
_Ziph, eight miles east of Hebron, (St. Jerome) towards the southern Carmel. (Eusebius) --- Abdias (ver. 3) takes notice of the clefts of the rocks of Edom. St. Jerome says, this mountain was "dark an...
(14) В¶ And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. (15) And David...
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...
_‘IN PERILS AMONG FALSE BRETHREN’_ ‘They will deliver thee up.… God delivered him not into Saul’s hand.’ 1 Samuel 23:12; 1 Samuel 23:14 I. BASE INGRATITUDE.—The treachery of the people of Keilah wa...
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 DAVID ABODE IN THE WILDERNESS IN STRONG HOLDS,.... In the wilderness of Ziph, in high and strong rocks there, as it seems to be explained by what follows: AND REMAINED IN A MOUNTAIN IN THE WILDER...
And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. Ver. 14. _In the wilde...
_Which were about six hundred_ His forces were increased two hundred since his famous victory over the Philistines at Keilah. _Whithersoever they could go_ To the first convenient place of safety to w...
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...
And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, on sheltering heights in the great semiarid region of Southern Judah, whose several parts were named after the cities in the neighborhood, AND REMAINE...
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...
14-18 David made no attempt against Saul; he kept God's way, waited God's time, and was content to secure himself in woods and wildernesses. Let it make us think the worse of this world, which often...
As Saul fondly persuaded himself he intended, 1 SAMUEL 23:7....
1 Samuel 23:14 David H1732 stayed H3427 (H8799) strongholds H4679 wilderness H4057 remained H3427 (H8799) mountains...
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...
JONATHAN COMES TO DAVID IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE HIM AS SAUL CONTINUES TO PURSUE HIM (1 SAMUEL 23:14). Meanwhile David had a pleasant surprise, for Jonathan came looking for him and found him. Jonathan w...
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 23:14 ZIPH was about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Hebron, near where the land starts going down toward the Dead Sea. HORESH was probably a grove of trees nearby....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 1 Samuel 23:13. “THEY WENT WHITHERSOEVER,” etc. Lit. “They wandered about where they wandered about, _i.e._, wherever they could go without danger.” _(Keil.)_ 1 Samuel 2...
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 23:7; 1 Samuel 27:1; 2 Timothy 3:11; 2 Timothy 4:17;...