Verse 1 Samuel 30:29. Them which were in Rachal] We know not where this place was; it is mentioned nowhere else in the Bible. Calmet conjectures that Hachilah, 1 Samuel 23:19, may be the same place; here we know David did conceal himself for some time, till the Ziphites endeavoured to betray him to Saul.

The cities of the Jerahmeelites] See before, 1 Samuel 27:10.

And-the cities of the Kenites] A very small tract on the southern coast of the Dead Sea.

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