1 Samuël 23:29

1 Samuël 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).


FOOTNOTES:

F23 Works, vol. 1. p. 58.

1 Samuël 23:29 In-Context

27 Doch daar kwam een bode tot Saul, zeggende: Haast u, en kom, want de Filistijnen zijn in het land gevallen.
28 Toen keerde zich Saul van David na te jagen, en hij toog den Filistijnen tegemoet; daarom noemde men die plaats Sela-Machlekoth.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.