1 Samuel 23:15
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life,.... Either he saw him with his bodily eyes from the top of the mountain where he was, Sa1 23:14; or he perceived, he understood by information…
Here is, I. David absconding. He abode in a wilderness, in a mountain (Sa1 23:14), in a wood, Sa1 23:15. We must here, 1. Commend his eminent virtues, his humility, modesty, fidelity to his prince,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
in a wood The word chôreshtranslated "wood" in 1Sa 23:15-16; 1Sa 23:18-19does not occur again in Samuel. Lieut. Conder argues from the dry unwatered character of the district that no wood of trees can…