サムエル記上 23:24-26 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:25-26

He came down into a rock. Hebrew, sela', a cliff or precipice. In the next verse it is described as a mountain, on one side of which was David and his men, in full view of Saul and his army on the other. But as Saul's forces were much more numerous, they were preparing to separate, and so enclose David, while he made haste. The word expresses anxiety and fear, and may be translated, "And David sought anxiously to go from before the face of Saul." Conder's description of the spot ('Tent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:25-26

He came down into a rock. Hebrew, sela', a cliff or precipice. In the next verse it is described as a mountain, on one side of which was David and his men, in full view of Saul and his army on the other. But as Saul's forces were much more numerous, they were preparing to separate, and so enclose David, while he made haste. The word expresses anxiety and fear, and may be translated, "And David sought anxiously to go from before the face of Saul." Conder's description of the spot ('Tent... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 23:24

The plain - The Arabah, the desert tract which extends along the valley of the Jordan from the Dead Sea to the Lake of Gennesareth, now called El-Ghor. The word is now given by the Arabs to the valley between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Akaba. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 23:24-25

1 Samuel 23:24-25. But David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon Having heard what the Ziphites had undertaken, David disappointed their design by going into another place, with which, it is likely, they were not so well acquainted. For Maon was a distant wilderness from Ziph, though both were in the tribe of Judah. Saul also and his men went to seek him Hearing, it is likely, by the Ziphites, whither he was gone. Therefore he came down into a rock Some craggy, desolate place,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:1-29

Saul’s fierce hunt (23:1-24:22)Since Abiathar had brought with him the high priest’s ephod (containing the Urim and Thummim), David was able to ask and receive God’s direct guidance. God’s first direction was to rescue the Israelite town of Keilah from the raiding Philistines (23:1-6). As soon as he had defeated the Philistines, David withdrew from Keilah. He knew that Saul’s army was larger and better equipped than his. He knew also that he could not trust the people of Keilah to stand with... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 23:24

the wilderness = a wild forest or park-like country. Carmel of Judah. Not Carmel of Manasseh. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 23:25

seek him . Some codices, with one early printed edition (margin), read "seek David". into a rock = from the rock. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 23:26

Saul . Some codices, with one early printed edition (margin), add "and his men". for fear of Saul = from the face of Saul. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 23:24

DIVINE INTERVENTION SAVES DAVID FROM CAPTURE"Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon. And Saul and his men went to seek him. And David was told; therefore he went down to the rock which is in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was making haste to get away from Saul, as Saul... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 23:25-26

1 Samuel 23:25-26. Saul also and his men went— Saul, informed of the place where David was, went in person to invest it; and, humanly speaking, David could not possibly escape: but God heard the prayers which this holy man made to him in this extremity, and which he has so finely expressed in the 54th Psalm; all the parts whereof are applicable to the present occasion. The prayers of great men in distress, and their thanksgivings after great deliverances, have always been matter of uncommon... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:25-26

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:25-26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 23:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 23:24-25

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:1-29

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 23:24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 23:25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 23:26

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 23:24

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 23:25-26

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