1 Samuel 23:29

29 David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds 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 But a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come, because [the] Philistines have made a raid on the land!"

28 So Saul returned from pursuing David, and he went to confront [the] Philistines. Therefore, they called that place the Rock of Division.

29 David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En Gedi.

Footnotes

• [a] 1 Sam 23:29-24:22 in the English Bible is 24:1-23 in the Hebrew Bible