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 on 1 Samuel 14:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
SECRETLY PRACTISED] RV 'devised.' There was no secrecy about Saul's methods.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZIPH] identified with _Tell Zif,_ a rounded hill, 4 M. SE. of Hebron.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN A WOOD] RM 'in Horesh.' But the true rendering is doubtful. If a proper name, it was more probably a mountain than a wood (cp. 1 Samuel 23:14; 1 Samuel 23:19), and the word may mean either.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT ALSO] Saul knew that Jonathan was willing to rank second.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESHIMON] RV 'the desert.' It is the dreary desert of southern Judah: see Numbers 21:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAON] mentioned in Joshua 15:55 in connexion with Carmel and Ziph. It is a lofty conical hill 7 m. S. of Hebron.... [ Continue Reading ]
SELAHAMMAHLEKOTH] i.e. 'the rock of divisions.'... [ Continue Reading ]
This v. should be joined to the next c. ENGEDI] A well-watered spot on the E. edge of the desert of Judah. It still bears the name Ain Jidi. 'En' means 'well.'... [ Continue Reading ]