1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 Samuel 25:2 “The wilderness of Paran” (v. 1 Samuel 25:1) usually refers to the northeastern part of the Sinai peninsula (Numbers 10:12). If the “stronghold” of 1 Samuel 24:22 is Masada, David would not have had to travel very far. Carmel is not the mountain in the north of Israel but a Judahite town between Ziph and Maon (see 1 Samuel 15:12).

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