1 Samuel 23:29

29 Therefore David went up from thence, and dwelled in the most secure places of Engedi.

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 And (then) a messenger came to Saul, and said, Haste thou, and come, for the Philistines have spread themselves on the land.

28 Therefore Saul turned again, and ceased to pursue David; and went against the coming of (the) Philistines. For this thing they called that place The Stone of Parting (And because of this they called that place Selahammahlekoth).

29 Therefore David went up from thence, and dwelled in the most secure places of Engedi.