1 Samuel 23:29

29 From there David went to stay in the fortified camps of En Gedi.

1 Samuel 23:29 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 23:29

And David went up from thence
From the wilderness of Maon, having had a narrow escape for his life:

and dwelt in strong holds in Engedi;
another place in the tribe of Judah, and which lay in the wilderness of Judah, and from whence that is called the wilderness of Engedi; and here Dr. Lightfoot ^F23 thinks he penned the sixty third psalm, ( Psalms 63:1-11 ) , the wilderness about Engedi being the most desert of all other places, that being upon the borders of the dead sea; of this place, (See Gill on Joshua 15:62).

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Works, vol. 1. p. 58.

1 Samuel 23:29 In-Context

27 Then a messenger came to Saul and said, "Come quickly! The Philistines are raiding the country."

28 Saul gave up pursuing David and went to fight the Philistines. So that place was called Slippery Rock.

29 From there David went to stay in the fortified camps of En Gedi.