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THE PLAIN - The Arabah, the desert tract which extends along the
valley of the Jordan from the Dead Sea to the Lake of Gennesareth, now
called El-Ghor. The word is now given by the Arabs to the valley...
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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 southeast of A...
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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...
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THE WILDERNESS. a wild forest or park-like country. Carmel of Judah.
Not Carmel of Manasseh....
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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...
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_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...
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_NOW THEREFORE, O KING, COME DOWN ACCORDING TO ALL THE DESIRE OF THY
SOUL TO COME DOWN; AND OUR PART SHALL BE TO DELIVER HIM INTO THE
KING'S HAND._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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23:24 plain (b-23) The _ Arabah_ . see Joshua 3:16 ....
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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...
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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 gr...
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IN THE WILDERNESS OF MAON. — Still further to the south. The name of
this district is still preserved in the village or small town of Main,
which is built on a prominent conical hill.
IN THE PLAIN. —...
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וַ יָּק֛וּמוּ וַ יֵּלְכ֥וּ זִ֖יפָה לִ
פְנֵ֣י שָׁא֑וּל וְ דָוִ֨ד וַ
אֲנָשָׁ֜יו בְּ מִדְבַּ֤ר...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Maon, in Arabia Petrea, not far from Bersabee. (Calmet)_...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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AND THEY AROSE, AND WENT TO ZIPH, BEFORE SAUL,.... Not before his
person, as if he went with them, and they before him leading the way;
but they went thither before he went, to prepare things more exa...
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And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men
[were] in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of
Jeshimon.
Ver. 24. _And went to Ziph before Saul._] As his guides an...
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_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...
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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...
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IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH...
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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...
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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
m...
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BEFORE SAUL, to prepare things for Saul, who marched after them. IN
THE WILDERNESS OF MAON, whither he went from the wilderness of Ziph,
upon suspicion or information that Saul was coming thither....
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1 Samuel 23:24 arose H6965 (H8799) went H3212 (H8799) Ziph H2128
before H6440 Saul H7586 David H1732 men H582 Wilderness H4057 Maon
H4584 plain H6160 south H3225 Jeshimon H3452
the wilderness - 1 Sam...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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)....
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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...
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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 fro...
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EXPOSITION
SAUL'S PURSUIT OF DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH (1 Samuel 23:14-9).
1 SAMUEL 23:14, 1 SAMUEL 23:15
STRONG HOLDS. Natural fortresses in the woods and mountains are meant,
and places diff...
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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...
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1 Samuel 23:19; 1 Samuel 25:2; Joshua 15:55...