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1 Samuel 23:12-22

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12 Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And the LORD said, "1They will surrender you."
13 Then David and his men, 2about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went 3wherever they could go. When it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the pursuit.
14 David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of 4Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but 5God did not deliver him into his hand

Saul Pursues David

15 Now David became aware that Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.
16 And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose and went to David at Horesh, and 6encouraged * him in God.
17 Thus he said to him, "7Do not be afraid, because the hand of Saul my father will not find you, and you will be king over Israel and I will be next to you; and 8Saul my father knows that also."
18 So 9the two of them made a covenant before the LORD; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house.
19 Then 10Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is David not hiding with us in the strongholds at Horesh, on 11the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon
20 "Now then, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to do so; and 12our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand."
21 Saul said, "May you be blessed of the LORD, 13for you have had compassion on me
22 "Go now, make more sure, and investigate and see his place where * his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very cunning.
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1 Samuel 23:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 23

This chapter gives an account of David's relieving Keilah, when it had like to have fallen into the hands of the Philistines, 1Sa 23:1-6; and of Saul's design to surprise him there, which David having notice of, and inquiring of the Lord, departed from thence; which when Saul heard of, he forbore to come forth, 1Sa 23:7-13; and of David's being in the wilderness of Ziph, where, in a wood there, he had an interview with Jonathan, 1Sa 23:14-18; and of the Ziphites offering to deliver him up to Saul, for which he commends them, and gives them instructions how they should behave to him in that affair, 1Sa 23:19-23; and of his seeking him in the wilderness of Maon, where David and his men were in great danger of being taken; which was prevented by the news of the Philistines invading the land coming to Saul just at the nick of time, 1Sa 23:24-29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 13

  • 1. Judges 15:10-13; 1 Samuel 23:20
  • 2. 1 Samuel 22:2; 1 Samuel 25:13
  • 3. 2 Samuel 15:20
  • 4. Joshua 15:55; 2 Chronicles 11:8
  • 5. Psalms 32:7
  • 6. 1 Samuel 30:6; Nehemiah 2:18
  • 7. Psalms 27:1, 3; Psalms 118:6; Isaiah 54:17; Hebrews 13:6
  • 8. 1 Samuel 20:31; 1 Samuel 24:20
  • 9. 1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Samuel 20:12-17, 42; 2 Samuel 9:1; 2 Samuel 21:7
  • 10. 1 Samuel 26:1; Ps 54: title
  • 11. 1 Samuel 26:3
  • 12. 1 Samuel 23:12
  • 13. 1 Samuel 22:8

Footnotes 7

  • [a] Lit "ceased going out"
  • [b] Lit "saw"
  • [c] Lit "strengthened his hand"
  • [d] Lit "right side"
  • [e] Or "the desert"
  • [f] Lit "come down"
  • [g] Lit "foot"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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