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Verse 1 Samuel 24:3. _THE SHEEP-COTES_] Caves in the rocks, in which
it is common, even to the present time, for shepherds and their flocks
to lodge. According to _Strabo_ there are caverns in Syria,...
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REMAINED IN THE SIDES - Rather, “were in the sides of the cave
dwelling or abiding there.” Some of these caverns are very deep and
spacious. Any one near the mouth of the cave would be visible, but
th...
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CHAPTER 24
_ 1. In the wilderness of En-gedi (1 Samuel 24:1)_
2. David's words to Saul (1 Samuel 24:9)
3. Saul's answer to David (1 Samuel 24:16)
Saul continues in the pursuit of David and w
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1 SAMUEL 24. DAVID SPARES SAUL AT ENGEDI (E). Chs. 24 and 26 give two
versions of the same story, located at different places. Probably both
versions are early. It is not clear which is the earlier, b...
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_the sheepcotes by the way_ Sheepfolds are still formed in the East by
building a wall of loose stones round the mouth of a cave, which
serves for shelter in case of bad weather. See _The Land and the...
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David spares Saul's life in the cave at En-gedi
This narrative and that in ch. 26 are regarded by some commentators as
different accounts of the same event. See Note VII. p. 243, and the
notes on ch....
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SAUL WENT IN TO COVER HIS FEET— See Joshua 3:24 and Ruth 3:4.
Several commentators suppose, that this expression imports one of the
necessities of nature; but one can hardly believe that in this case...
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Saul's Life Spared by David, 1 Samuel 24:1-22.
_David Spares Saul's Life._ 1 Samuel 24:1-7
And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the
Philistines, that it was told him, saying, B...
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_AND HE CAME TO THE SHEEPCOTES BY THE WAY, WHERE WAS A CAVE; AND SAUL
WENT IN TO COVER HIS FEET: AND DAVID AND HIS MEN REMAINED IN THE SIDES
OF THE CAVE._
He came to the sheep-cotes by the way, where...
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SHEEPCOTES] These were rough, stone walls, built to protect the sheep
from wild beasts. Thomson writes: 'There is scarcely a cave in the
land. but has such a cote in front of it.'...
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DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE AT ENGEDI
We have a similar incident narrated in 1 Samuel 26, and some critics
hold that the two are merely varying accounts of the same event. But
it. is to be noticed that...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 24
DAVID REFUSES TO KILL SAUL
V1 When Saul had finished fighting the *Philistines he returned home.
Someone told him that David was in the de...
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THE SHEEPCOTES. — Thomson (_The Land and the Book_) saw, he says,
hundreds of these sheepcotes around the mouth of the caves, of which
there are so many in Palestine. In that land and among these East...
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_[1 Samuel 24:4]_ וַ֠ יָּבֹא אֶל ־גִּדְרֹ֨ות
הַ...
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CHAPTER XXXI.
_ DAVID TWICE SPARES THE LIFE OF SAUL._
1 Samuel 24:1; 1 Samuel 26:1.
THE invasion of the Philistines had freed David from the fear of Saul
for a time, but only for a time. He knew ful...
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RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL
1 Samuel 24:1
Engedi is situated on the western shore of the Dead Sea. As Saul
entered the cave, a very insidious temptation presented itself to
David. Why not rid the kingdom...
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At last Saul was in David's power. It would have been perfectly easy
for him to have taken his life. He did not do so, but, withholding his
hand, uttered a strong protest against Saul's persecution. T...
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_Goats; an hyperbole. (Menochius) --- Hebrew, "upon the rocks of the
wild goats." (Haydock)_...
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(3) And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and
Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the
sides of the cave.
Covering his feet, in these hot countries,...
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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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"And David went up and dwelt in the strongholds of Engedi." Saul
pursues him thither, after following the Philistines, more occupied
with his jealousy of the king whom God had chosen than with the
ene...
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AND HE CAME TO THE SHEEPCOTES BY THE WAY, WHERE [WAS] A CAVE,.... For
the sheep to be led into at noon, to shelter them from the heat: such
was the cave of Polyphemus, observed by Bochart z, in which...
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And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where [was] a cave; and Saul
went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides
of the cave.
Ver. 3. _And Saul went in to cover his feet....
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_Where was a cave_ This cave being near the highway, and in the most
frequented place of the wilderness, namely, near the sheep-cotes, to
which the shepherds and herdsmen resorted to feed and milk the...
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1 Dauid in a caue at Engedi, hauing cut off Sauls skirt, spareth his
life.
8 Hee sheweth thereby his innocencie.
16 Saul acknowledging his fault, taketh an oath of Dauid, and
departeth.
1 AND it ca...
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And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, a locality with large caves
which had been fitted up to house sheep, where was a cave; AND SAUL
WENT IN TO COVER HIS FEET, to do his easement; AND DAVID AND H...
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SAUL IN THE CAVE...
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Having 600 men with him, David could not easily be hidden, and Saul
gets the report of his being in the wilderness of En-gedi. Not being
exactly a brave man himself, Saul required 3000 chosen men of I...
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1-7 God delivered Saul into David's hand. It was an opportunity given
to David to exercise faith and patience. He had a promise of the
kingdom, but no command to slay the king. He reasons strongly, b...
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Some think THE SHEEP COTES to have been caves into which they used to
drive their sheep for shelter in tempestuous weather. TO COVER HIS
FEET, i.e. to ease his belly, as this phrase is thought to be u...
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1 Samuel 24:3 came H935 (H8799) sheepfolds H1448 H6629 road H1870 cave
H4631 Saul H7586 in H935 ...
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SAUL UNWITTINGLY PUTS HIMSELF AT DAVID'S MERCY (1 SAMUEL 24:1).
Even in Engedi David was not safe from a vengeful Saul, for once he
had driven back the Philistines, Saul gathered three thousand of
Isr...
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CONTENTS: David's mercy to Saul in En-gedi.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul.
CONCLUSION: Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good.
KEY WORD: Mercy (dealt well), 1 Samuel 24:18.
STRONG VERSE...
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1 Samuel 24:1. _En-gedi_ was adjacent to the dead sea. Strabo,
speaking of the caverns in Syria and Iturea, says, there is one which
will hold four thousand men. _Lib. 16._
1 Samuel 24:3. _Saul went i...
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_Where was a cave and Saul went in _. .. _ and David and his men
remained in the sides of the cave._
SAUL AND DAVID IN THE CAVE
Saul’s animosity is a fire that finds constant fuel. No sooner are
the...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 24:1 The three episodes in the next three
chapters all have the same theme: David, who as a warrior has already
killed many of the Lord’s enemies, should not kill for his own...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 24:2 “ROCKS OF THE WILD GOATS,” or _ibex-rocks_. Probably
not a name for any particular rock, but a general term applied to the
locality on account of the numb...
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DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ENGEDI (1Sa 23:29 -35-24).
EXPOSITION
DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE IN A CAVE (1 Samuel 24:1)....
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Now it came to pass, when Saul was returned from the Philistines, they
told him, David's in Engedi. So Saul took three thousand of his chosen
men out of all of Israel, they went to seek David and his...
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Judges 3:24; Psalms 141:6; Psalms 142:1; Psalms 57:1...
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Went in — To sleep there: Saul being a military man, used to sleep
with his soldiers upon the ground. And it is not improbable, that
being weary with his eager and almost incessant pursuit, first of
D...