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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:17

And he said unto him, fear not ,.... Distrust not the power, providence, and promises of God, nor dread the wrath of Saul, or fear falling into his hands: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee ; to lay hold on him, seize him, and do him any hurt: and thou shalt be king over Israel ; meaning after the death of his father; which he knew either by some special revelation made to him; or rather by being informed he had been anointed by Samuel, and which he had either from... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:18

And they two made a covenant before the Lord ,.... Renewed the covenant they had before made in the name and fear of God, and before him as a witness of it. Kimchi and Abarbinel interpret this phrase: before the Lord , of the covenant being made before Abiathar, with the Urim and Thummim in his hand; and so Jerom F16 Trad. Heb. in lib. Reg. fol. 76. K. , before Gad the prophet, and Abiathar who wore the ephod: and David abode in the wood ; being a proper place for him for... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:19

Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah ,.... Who though he had been out in quest of David, yet was now returned to Gibeah, the place of his residence, and where he kept his court; and hither came the Ziphites, the inhabitants of Ziph, in the wilderness of which David hid himself, with a proposal to deliver him to Saul; for though they were of the same tribe with David, yet being terrified with what Saul had done to Nob, they thought it best for their own security to inform Saul where he... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:20

Now therefore, O king, come down ,.... From Gibeah to Ziph, and the wilderness of it, where David was: according to all the desires of thy soul to come down ; to seize such a prey which he was greatly desirous of, and of nothing more so than of that according to Abarbinel, the sense is, that the thing was ready in whatever way he should desire it; if he chose to come down himself, and lay hold on him, they invite him to come down; but if he did not choose to come down himself, they would... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:21

And Saul said, blessed be ye of the Lord ,.... He highly commends them for the offer they made to him, blesses God for them, and desires the blessing of God upon them for it: for ye have compassion on me ; pitied him on account of the troubles he met with from his son-in-law, were sorry for him, and sympathized with him, which others did not, of which he complained, 1 Samuel 22:8 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:22

Go, I pray you, prepare yet ,.... That is, go home, return to their habitations, and get things in a greater readiness for him; inquire more diligently after David, get more intelligence of him, and inform themselves more exactly about him: and know and see his place where his haunt is ; or "foot" F19 רגלו "pes ejus", Pagninus, Montanus. is, where that steps and walks most frequently, not only get knowledge of it by information, but if they could get sight of it with their own... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:23

See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself ,.... Which he most frequents, that ye may be able to describe them, and the way to them, and easily find them when necessary: and come ye again to me with the certainty ; of time and place, when and where he may be certainly found: and I will go with you ; upon such certain intelligence: it is very much he did not seize this opportunity, and go directly with them; for by this delay, David being... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:24

And they arose, and went to Ziph, before Saul ,.... Not before his person, as if he went with them, and they before him leading the way; but they went thither before he went, to prepare things more exactly, and with more certainty, before he came, and in order to return to him again and go with him: but David and his men were in the wilderness at Maon ; for by the time the Ziphites returned home, David had intelligence of their design, and therefore removed from the wilderness of Ziph... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:25

And Saul also and his men went to seek him ,.... Whether the Ziphites returned to him with better intelligence, or sent him word where David was, is not said, however Saul with his army came out in search of him: and they told David ; or it was told him, that Saul was come in quest of him: wherefore he came down into a rock ; either into a cave in it, or he came down from the hill Hachilah to a plain or valley, in order to go up to a rock, the same with the mountain in 1 Samuel... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:26

And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain ,.... Saul with his army came to the very mountain where David and his men were, the one was on one side of it, and the other on the other side; there was only one mountain between them: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul ; he fled on one side of the mountain, while Saul was pursuing him on the other, and hastening to get round unto him: for Saul and his men compassed David... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:26

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