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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23 - Introduction

* David rescues Keilah. (1-6) God warns him to escape from Keilah. (7-13) Jonathan comforts David. (14-18) He is rescued from Saul by an invasion of the Philistines. (19-29)

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See also 1 Samuel 23 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _DAVID, CONSULTING THE LORD, OVERCOMES THE PHILISTINES, AND DELIVERS KEILAH FROM THE SIEGE. HE FLIES FROM KEILAH INTO THE DESART OF ZIPH, WHERE HE IS PURSUED BY SAUL; WHO, LEAVING HIM, GOES TO FIGHT A...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 23 1 Samuel 23:1-6 _Abiathar, the priest, with David,_ Escaping from the slaughter at Nob, Abiathar joined David in his hideout in Keilah. Abiathar had a linen ephod, a distincti...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 Ephrathite. (e-34) Or 'Ephraimite,' the Levites being considered as belonging to the tribe in which they lived. see Judges 17:7 ....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XXIII. (1 Samuel 23:1) David Saves Keilah. — He enquires of God by means of the Urim and Thummim, and leaves treacherous Keilah. — He sees Jonathan once more. — The Ziphites Betray him to Saul. — He...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 23 This chapter gives an account of David's relieving Keilah, when it had like to have fallen into the hands of the Philistines, 1 Samuel 23:1; and of Saul's design to su...

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

    _A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062._ David saves Keilah from the Philistines, 1 Samuel 23:1. His danger there, and deliverance from it, 1 Samuel 23:7. He remains in the wilderness of Ziph, and is visited by Jonat...

  • 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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SECTION 4 B. DAVID OCCUPIES HIS MEN, ACTS AS A DELIVERER IN ISRAEL, AND AVOIDS SAUL (1 SAMUEL 23:1). David and his men were now outlaws and every man's hand was at least theoretically against them. Th...

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