CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 22:1. “KEILAH.” A city of Judah, mentioned in Joshua 15:44, and identified by Lieut. Van de Velde with a site containing ruins, and now called Kila, a few miles from Hebron. (See _Smith’s Biblical Dictionary_.) 1 Samuel 23:2. “INQUIRED OF THE LORD.” (See 1 Sa... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 1 Samuel 23:9. “It is evident from these verses that when the will of God was sought through the Urim and Thummim, the person making the inquiry placed the matter before God in prayer, and received an answer—but always to one particular question. For when David had ask... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 1 Samuel 23:13. “THEY WENT WHITHERSOEVER,” etc. Lit. “They wandered about where they wandered about, _i.e._, wherever they could go without danger.” _(Keil.)_ 1 Samuel 23:14. “WILDERNESS OF ZIPH.” “A mountainous and sequestered region was generally called a wilderness,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 hill of Ziph, which affords a true panorama. The Ziphites could see David and his men moving t... [ Continue Reading ]