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1 Samuel 24

1 Sam. 24:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass, when Saul
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
was returned
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
k from ζfollowing
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
, that it was told
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
him, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Behold, David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
is in the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
of En-gedi
`Eyn (Hebrew #5872)
fountain of a kid; En-Gedi, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: En-gedi.
Pronounce: Gediy
Origin: from 5869 and 1423
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k
1 Sam. 23:28‑29• 28Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
 29And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi. (1 Sam. 23:28‑29)
ζ
after.

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David,
En-gedi,
Philistines,
Saul,
Wilderness

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-7:  David, in a cave at En-gedi, having cut off Saul's skirt, spares his life.
8-15:  He shews thereby his innocency.
16-22:  Saul, acknowledging his fault, takes an oath of David, and departs.
when Saul.
1 Sam. 23:28‑29• 28Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
 29And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi. (1 Sam. 23:28‑29)
following.
Heb. after.
it was told.
1 Sam. 23:19• 19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? (1 Sam. 23:19)
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Prov. 25:5• 5Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. (Prov. 25:5)
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Prov. 29:12• 12If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. (Prov. 29:12)
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Ezek. 22:9• 9In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. (Ezek. 22:9)
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Hos. 7:3• 3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. (Hos. 7:3)
the wilderness.
1 Sam. 23:29• 29And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi. (1 Sam. 23:29)
• {v.1-2} Thus in the same pursuit he includes Israel’s enemies and her savior. An outward zeal for safeguarding the people of God may very well ally itself with a veritable hatred for Christ. (“1 Samuel 24” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.