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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 23:25,26

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 man made to him in this extremity, and which he has so finely expressed in the 54th Psalm; all the parts whereof are applicable to the present occasion. The prayers of great men in distress, and their thanksgivings after great deliverances, have always been matter of uncommon delight to curiosity, and to persons of serious and religious spirits; nor does the glory of any great man shine out in their eyes with half the lustre, as when they behold him on his knees, lifting up his eyes, or stretching out his hands to Heaven, or, what is yet greater, prostrating himself before it, in humiliation and acknowledgment.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SEEK HIM. Some codices, with one early printed edition (margin), read "seek David". INTO. ROCK. from the rock....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MAON] mentioned in Joshua 15:55 in connexion with Carmel and Ziph. It is a lofty conical hill 7 m. S. of Hebron....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֵּ֨לֶךְ שָׁא֣וּל וַ אֲנָשָׁיו֮ לְ בַקֵּשׁ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 23:25 Saul H7586 men H582 went H3212 (H8799) seek H1245 (H8763) told H5046 (H8686) David...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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)....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 23:28; Judges 15:8...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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....

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