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1 Samuel 23:22

1 Samuel 23:22
Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Go, I pray you, prepare yet,.... That is, go home, return to their habitations, and get things in a greater readiness for him; inquire more diligently after David, get more intelligence of him, and…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Samuel 23:19-29

Here, 1. The Ziphites offer their service to Saul, to betray David to him, Sa1 23:19, Sa1 23:20. He was sheltering himself in the wilderness of Ziph (Sa1 23:14, Sa1 23:15), putting the more confidence…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

where his haunt is Lit. "where his foot is." Observe his tracks as you would those of a wild beast.

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