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Verse 1 Samuel 23:14. _WILDERNESS OF ZIPH_] Ziph was a city in the
southern part of Judea, not far from Carmel....
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Ziph is placed between Hebron and En-gedi (marginal references). (The
“wood” 1 Samuel 23:15 is by Conder taken as a proper name,
“Cheresh,” and identified with Khoreisa.)...
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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 sou
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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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_And David abode in the wilderness_ David's next resort was "the
wilderness of Judah," the wild uncultivated tract lying between the
mountains of Judah and the Dead Sea. His chief abode was "the mount...
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The treachery of the Keilites
7. _hath delivered him_ Lit. _hath rejected him and delivered him_. So
blind was Saul as to imagine that it was not himself but David whom
God had rejected. The Sept. re...
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IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH— This mountainous wilderness was within
the precincts of the tribe of Judah, (for there, as it was natural,
David thought himself most in safety,) and upon the confines of Ed...
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_David's and Jonathan's Meeting._ 1 Samuel 23:7-18
7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said,
God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering
into a tow...
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_AND DAVID ABODE IN THE WILDERNESS IN STRONG HOLDS, AND REMAINED IN A
MOUNTAIN IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH. AND SAUL SOUGHT HIM EVERY DAY, BUT
GOD DELIVERED HIM NOT INTO HIS HAND._
David abode ... in t...
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ZIPH] identified with _Tell Zif,_ a rounded hill, 4 M. SE. of Hebron....
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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 g...
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THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH. — This wilderness probably lies between
Hebron and En-gedi. Some of these “stations” in the wanderings of
the future king are only doubtfully identified. Cowper’s musical —
tho...
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וַ יֵּ֨שֶׁב דָּוִ֤ד בַּ † מִּדְבָּר֙
בַּ...
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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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SUCCESS AND SAFETY UNDER GOD'S GUIDANCE
1 Samuel 23:1
We learn here that those who are called to walk in the maze of human
life need to look constantly upward for direction. “It is not in man
that wa...
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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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And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a
mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but
God (e) delivered him not into his hand.
(e) No power nor p...
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_Ziph, eight miles east of Hebron, (St. Jerome) towards the southern
Carmel. (Eusebius) --- Abdias (ver. 3) takes notice of the clefts of
the rocks of Edom. St. Jerome says, this mountain was "dark an...
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(14) В¶ And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and
remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him
every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. (15) And David...
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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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_‘IN PERILS AMONG FALSE BRETHREN’_
‘They will deliver thee up.… God delivered him not into Saul’s
hand.’
1 Samuel 23:12; 1 Samuel 23:14
I. BASE INGRATITUDE.—The treachery of the people of Keilah wa...
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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 DAVID ABODE IN THE WILDERNESS IN STRONG HOLDS,.... In the
wilderness of Ziph, in high and strong rocks there, as it seems to be
explained by what follows:
AND REMAINED IN A MOUNTAIN IN THE WILDER...
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And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a
mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but
God delivered him not into his hand.
Ver. 14. _In the wilde...
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_Which were about six hundred_ His forces were increased two hundred
since his famous victory over the Philistines at Keilah.
_Whithersoever they could go_ To the first convenient place of safety
to w...
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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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And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, on sheltering
heights in the great semiarid region of Southern Judah, whose several
parts were named after the cities in the neighborhood, AND REMAINE...
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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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14-18 David made no attempt against Saul; he kept God's way, waited
God's time, and was content to secure himself in woods and
wildernesses. Let it make us think the worse of this world, which
often...
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As Saul fondly persuaded himself he intended, 1 SAMUEL 23:7....
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1 Samuel 23:14 David H1732 stayed H3427 (H8799) strongholds H4679
wilderness H4057 remained H3427 (H8799) mountains...
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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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JONATHAN COMES TO DAVID IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE HIM AS SAUL CONTINUES TO
PURSUE HIM (1 SAMUEL 23:14).
Meanwhile David had a pleasant surprise, for Jonathan came looking for
him and found him. Jonathan w...
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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 23:14 ZIPH was about 5 miles (8 km)
southeast of Hebron, near where the land starts going down toward the
Dead Sea. HORESH was probably a grove of trees nearby....
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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 2...
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EXPOSITION
SAUL'S PURSUIT OF DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH (1 Samuel 23:14-9).
1 SAMUEL 23:14,...
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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 23:7; 1 Samuel 27:1; 2 Timothy 3:11; 2 Timothy 4:17;...