1 Samuel 22:1
David <01732> [David.]
cave <04631> [the cave.]
Adullam <05725> [Adullam.]
Adullam was a city of Judah; and, according to Eusebius, ten miles (Jerome says eleven) eastward from Eleutheropolis.
1 Samuel 23:15
1 Samuel 23:19
Ziphites <02130> [the Ziphites.]
Hakilah <02444> [Hachilah.]
Calmet states, that Hachilah was a mountain about ten miles south of Jericho, where Jonathan Maccab‘us built the castle of Massada, west of the Dead Sea, and not far from En-gedi.
south <03225> [on the south. Heb. on the right hand. Jeshimon. or, the wilderness.]
Eusebius places Jeshimon ten miles south of Jericho, near the Dead Sea; which agrees extremely well with the position of Hachilah, as stated by Calmet.
1 Samuel 23:23
precisely <03045> [take knowledge.]
find <02664> [I will search.]
thousands <0505> [the thousands.]
1 Samuel 24:1-3
Saul <07586> [when Saul.]
pursuing <0310> [following. Heb. after. it was told.]
desert <04057> [the wilderness.]
Saul took <03947 07586> [Saul took.]
<03212> [and went.]
rocks <06697> [the rocks.]
sheepfolds <01448> [the sheepcotes.]
Caves in the rocks, in which it is still common for shepherds and their flocks to lodge. Dr. Pococke observes, "Beyond the valley [of Tekoa,] there is a very large grotto, which the Arabs call El-Maamah, a hiding place: the high rocks on each side of the valley are almost perpendicular; and the way to the grotto is by a terrace formed in the rock, which is very narrow. There are two entrances into it; we went by the farthest, which leads by a narrow passage into a very large grotto, the rock being supported by natural pillars; the top of it rises in several places like domes; the grotto is perfectly dry. There is a tradition, that the people of the country, to the number of 30,000, retired into this grotto, to avoid a bad air. This place is so strong, that one would imagine it to be one of the strong holds of En-gedi, to which David and his men fled from Saul: and possibly it may be that very cave in which he cut off Saul's skirt; for David and his men might, with good ease, lie hid there and not be seen by him." Travels, vol. ii. P. 1. p. 41.
Saul <07586> [and Saul.]
relieve <05526> [to cover.]
David <01732> [David.]
1 Samuel 26:1
Ziphites <02130> [Ziphites.]
David <01732> [Doth not.]
1 Samuel 26:1
Ziphites <02130> [Ziphites.]
David <01732> [Doth not.]
1 Samuel 17:3
1 Samuel 18:4
took off ... robe <06584 04598> [stripped himself.]
Presents of clothes or rich robes, as tokens of respect or friendship, are frequent in the East.
1 Samuel 18:13
removed <05493> [removed.]
out <03318> [he went out.]
Saul was sensible that the Lord was departed from him; while he perceived, with evident sorrow of heart, that the Lord had given David peculiar wisdom, and that he was with him to prosper all his undertakings. This increased the disquietude of his malevolent mind, and his dread of David as a prevailing rival: he therefore removed him from his presence. This impolitic step, however, served the more to ingratiate David with the people, by affording him the opportunity of leading them forth to victory over their enemies.
1 Samuel 19:9
Psalms 142:1-7
well-written song ... David <04905 01732> [A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) Maschil of David. or, A]
Psalm of David giving instruction.
prayer <08605> [A Prayer.]
David was twice in great peril in caves: on one occasion, in the cave of Adullam, when he fled from Achish king of Gath; and on another, in the cave of Engedi, where he had taken refuge from the pursuit of Saul. It is not certain to which of these events this Psalm refers; though probably to the former.
cave <04631> [when he was.]
cry out ...... plead <06963> [with my voice.]
pour out <08210> [poured out.]
tell <05046> [I shewed.]
strength <07307> [my spirit.]
watch <03045> [then thou.]
path <0734> [In the way.]
Look <05027> [I looked, etc. or, Look on the right hand and see. but there was.]
run <04498> [refuge.]
nowhere ....... concerned about <06 01875> [failed me. no man cared for my soul. Heb. perished from me; no man sought after my soul.]
shelter <04268> [Thou art.]
security <02506> [my portion.]
land <0776> [in the land.]
trouble <01809> [for I am.]
stronger <0553> [for they.]
I <05315> [my soul.]
godly <06662> [the righteous.]
vindicate <01580> [thou shalt.]
