Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of 1 Samuel
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:14 JFB -> Commentary on 23:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:14 TSK -> Commentary on 23:14 TSK -> Entry for 23:14 WEN -> Notes on 23:14 NTB -> David; Malice; Ziph TTT -> Deserts EBD -> David; Wilderness SBD -> David; Hachilah, The hill; Ziph 23:14 - [In Context] David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted him day after day, but God didn't let him be found.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:15 JFB -> Commentary on 23:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:15 WEN -> Notes on 23:15 NTB -> David; Malice; Ziph TTT -> Deserts EBD -> Forest; Keilah SBD -> Hachilah, The hill; Ziph 23:15 - [In Context] One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:16 JFB -> Commentary on 23:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:16 TSK -> Commentary on 23:16 TSK -> Entry for 23:16 WEN -> Notes on 23:16 NTB -> Communion; David; Friendship; Jonathan; Malice TTT -> Communion of Saints; Forests EBD -> David; Keilah SBD -> Jonathan 23:16 - [In Context] Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:17 JFB -> Commentary on 23:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:17 TSK -> Commentary on 23:17 TSK -> Entry for 23:17 WEN -> Notes on 23:17 NTB -> David; Friendship; Jonathan; Malice; Unselfishness EBD -> David; Keilah SBD -> Jonathan 23:17 - [In Context] "Don't be afraid," Jonathan reassured him. "My father will never find you! You are going to be the king of Israel, and I will be next to you, as my father is well aware."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:18 JFB -> Commentary on 23:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:18 TSK -> Commentary on 23:18 TSK -> Entry for 23:18 WEN -> Notes on 23:18 NTB -> David; Friendship; Jonathan; Malice; Unselfishness EBD -> David; Keilah SBD -> Hachilah, The hill; Jonathan 23:18 - [In Context] So the two of them renewed their covenant of friendship before the LORD. Then Jonathan returned home, while David stayed at Horesh.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:19 JFB -> Commentary on 23:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:19 TSK -> Commentary on 23:19 TSK -> Entry for 23:19 WEN -> Notes on 23:19 NTB -> David; Hachilah; Malice TTT -> Mountains EBD -> Gibeah; Hachilah; Hand; Jeshimon; Wilderness; Ziph SBD -> Hachilah, The hill; Ziphim, The 23:19 - [In Context] But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him. "We know where David is hiding," they said. "He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part of Jeshimon.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:20 JFB -> Commentary on 23:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:20 TSK -> Commentary on 23:20 TSK -> Entry for 23:20 WEN -> Notes on 23:20 NTB -> David; Malice 23:20 - [In Context] Come down whenever you're ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:21 JFB -> Commentary on 23:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:21 TSK -> Commentary on 23:21 TSK -> Entry for 23:21 WEN -> Notes on 23:21 NTB -> David; Malice 23:21 - [In Context] "The LORD bless you," Saul said. "At last someone is concerned about me!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:22 JFB -> Commentary on 23:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:22 TSK -> Commentary on 23:22 TSK -> Entry for 23:22 WEN -> Notes on 23:22 NTB -> David; Malice SBD -> David 23:22 - [In Context] Go and check again to be sure of where he is staying and who has seen him there, for I know that he is very crafty.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:23 JFB -> Commentary on 23:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:23 TSK -> Commentary on 23:23 TSK -> Entry for 23:23 WEN -> Notes on 23:23 NTB -> David; Malice 23:23 - [In Context] Discover his hiding places, and come back with a more definite report. Then I'll go with you. And if he is in the area at all, I'll track him down, even if I have to search every hiding place in Judah!"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:24 JFB -> Commentary on 23:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:24 TSK -> Commentary on 23:24 TSK -> Entry for 23:24 WEN -> Notes on 23:24 NTB -> David; Jeshimon; Maon; Ziph TTT -> Deserts EBD -> Jeshimon; Judah, Tribe of; Maon; Wilderness SBD -> Maon; Ziph 23:24 - [In Context] So the men of Ziph returned home ahead of Saul. Meanwhile, David and his men had moved into the wilderness of Maon in the Arabah Valley south of Jeshimon.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:25 JFB -> Commentary on 23:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:25 TSK -> Commentary on 23:25 TSK -> Entry for 23:25 WEN -> Notes on 23:25 NTB -> David; Maon TTT -> Deserts; Rocks EBD -> Maon SBD -> David; Maon 23:25 - [In Context] When David heard that Saul and his men were searching for him, he went even farther into the wilderness to the great rock, and he remained there in the wilderness of Maon. But Saul kept after him.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:26 JFB -> Commentary on 23:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:26 TSK -> Commentary on 23:26 TSK -> Entry for 23:26 WEN -> Notes on 23:26 NTB -> David SBD -> David 23:26 - [In Context] He and David were now on opposite sides of a mountain. Just as Saul and his men began to close in on David and his men,
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:27 JFB -> Commentary on 23:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:27 TSK -> Commentary on 23:27 TSK -> Entry for 23:27 WEN -> Notes on 23:27 NTB -> David SBD -> David 23:27 - [In Context] an urgent message reached Saul that the Philistines were raiding Israel again.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:28 JFB -> Commentary on 23:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:28 SRN -> Study Notes on 23:28 TSK -> Commentary on 23:28 TSK -> Entry for 23:28 WEN -> Notes on 23:28 NTB -> David; Sela-Hammahlekoth TTT -> Rocks SBD -> David; Sela-Hammahlekoth 23:28 - [In Context] So Saul quit the chase and returned to fight the Philistines. Ever since that time, the place where David was camped has been called the Rock of Escape. F74
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 23:29 JFB -> Commentary on 23:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:29 TSK -> Commentary on 23:29 TSK -> Entry for 23:29 NTB -> David; En-Gedi; Fort TTT -> Caves EBD -> Cave; David; Engedi SBD -> David 23:29 - [In Context] David then went to live in the strongholds of En-gedi.
FOOTNOTES: F74: Hebrew Sela-hammahlekoth.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.