CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 22:1. “ADULLAM.” “The site of Adullam (mentioned in Joshua 15:35, etc) has not yet been identified, but from the mention of it in the above and other passages in proximity with other known towns, it is likely that it was near _Deir Dûbban_, five or six miles n... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 22:5. “GAD.” It must remain a matter for conjecture whether Gad had gone with David to Adullam, or whether he now comes to him for the first time with a special Divine message. “GET THEE INTO THE LAND OF JUDAH.” Keil thinks that “David was not to seek for refu... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 22:6. “ABODE UNDER A TREE,” etc. Rather, _was sitting under a tamarisk tree upon the height_. (For Ramah see Notes on 1 Samuel 1:1.) “Oriental princes frequently sit with their court under some shady canopy in the open air. A spear was the early sceptre, as w... [ Continue Reading ]