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1 Samuel 24

1 S. 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 S. 23:28‑29• 28Volvióse por tanto Saúl de perseguir á David, y partió contra los Filisteos. Por esta causa pusieron á aquel lugar por nombre Sela-hammah-lecoth.
 29Entonces David subió de allí, y habitó en los parajes fuertes en Engaddi. (1 S. 23:28‑29)
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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 S. 23:28‑29• 28Volvióse por tanto Saúl de perseguir á David, y partió contra los Filisteos. Por esta causa pusieron á aquel lugar por nombre Sela-hammah-lecoth.
 29Entonces David subió de allí, y habitó en los parajes fuertes en Engaddi. (1 S. 23:28‑29)
following.
Heb. after.
it was told.
1 S. 23:19• 19Y subieron los de Ziph á decir á Saúl en Gabaa: ¿No está David escondido en nuestra tierra en las peñas del bosque, en el collado de Hachîla que está á la mano derecha del desierto? (1 S. 23:19)
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Pr. 25:5• 5Aparta al impío de la presencia del rey, Y su trono se afirmará en justicia. (Pr. 25:5)
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Pr. 29:12• 12Del señor que escucha la palabra mentirosa, Todos sus ministros son impíos. (Pr. 29:12)
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Ez. 22:9• 9Calumniadores hubo en ti para derramar sangre; y sobre los montes comieron en ti: hicieron en medio de ti suciedades. (Ez. 22:9)
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Os. 7:3• 3Con su maldad alegran al rey, y á los príncipes con sus mentiras. (Os. 7:3)
the wilderness.
1 S. 23:29• 29Entonces David subió de allí, y habitó en los parajes fuertes en Engaddi. (1 S. 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.