Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
1 Samuel 23:26
Saul. Some codices, with one early printed edition (margin), add "and his men".
for fear of Saul. from the face of Saul.
Saul. Some codices, with one early printed edition (margin), add "and his men".
for fear of Saul. from the face of Saul.
Verse 1 Samuel 23:26. _SAUL WENT ON THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN_] Evidently not knowing that David and his men were on the other side....
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...
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...
_compassed … round about_ i.e. encompassed, surrounded. Cp. Psalms 5:12....
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...
_AND SAUL WENT ON THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, AND DAVID AND HIS MEN ON THAT SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN: AND DAVID MADE HASTE TO GET AWAY FOR FEAR OF SAUL; FOR SAUL AND HIS MEN COMPASSED DAVID AND HIS MEN ROU...
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 MOUNTAIN. — Conder, in his _Tent Life in Palestine,_ identifies this spot with high probability. Indeed, his whole book is most instructive and trustworthy, and to the reader interested in these s...
וַ יֵּ֨לֶךְ שָׁא֜וּל מִ צַּ֤ד הָ הָר֙
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...
_Other side, to the south. --- Despaired, without the divine assistance. (Salien) --- Hebrew nechpaz, "feared, or (Du Hamel) made haste to flee." Septuagint, "David was screened to depart." He used al...
(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 WENT ON THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, AND DAVID AND HIS MEN ON THAT SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN,.... Saul with his army came to the very mountain where David and his men were, the one was on one side o...
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men roun...
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...
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain, the mountain thus separating the two armies; AND DAVID MADE HASTE TO GET AWAY FOR FEAR OF SAUL, he was v...
IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH...
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...
Dividing themselves into several parties, each marching a several way after him....
1 Samuel 23:26 Saul H7586 went H3212 (H8799) side H6654 mountain H2022 David H1732 men H582 side H6654 mountain...
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 19:12; 1 Samuel 20:38; 2 Chronicles 20:12; 2 Corinthians 1:8;...