Judg 6:2, 1Sa 14:11, 23:19, 24:3, Isa 42:22, Heb 11:38 | TSK | STEP | the hand. prevailed. Heb. was strong. dens.Dr. Shaw says, that a great way on each side Joppa, on the sea coast, there is a range of mountains and precipices; and in these high situations are generally found the dens, holes, or caves, which are so frequently mentioned in Scripture; and which were formerly the lonesome retreats of the distressed Israelites.

Judges 6:2

the hand.

prevailed. Heb. was strong. dens.Dr. Shaw says, that a great way on each side Joppa, on the sea coast, there is a range of mountains and precipices; and in these high situations are generally found the dens, holes, or caves, which are so frequently mentioned in Scripture; and which were formerly the lonesome retreats of the distressed Israelites.

1Sa 13:6; 14:11; Heb 11:38; Re 6:15

1 Samuel 14:11

out of the holes.

22; 13:6; Jud 6:2

1 Samuel 23:19

the Ziphites.

22:7,8; 26:1; Ps 54:1; *title

Ps 54:3,4; Pr 29:12

Hachilah.Calmet states, that Hachilah was a mountain about ten miles south of Jericho, where Jonathan Maccabæus built the castle of Massada, west of the Dead Sea, and not far from En-gedi.

26:1,3

on the south. Heb. on the right hand. Jeshimon. or, thewilderness. Eusebius places Jeshimon ten miles south of Jericho, near the Dead Sea; which agrees extremely well with the position of Hachilah, as stated by Calmet.

1 Samuel 24:3

the sheepcotes.Caves in the rocks, in which it is still common for shepherds and their flocks to lodge. Dr. Pococke observes, "Beyond the valley [of Tekoa,] there is a very large grotto, which the Arabs call El-Maamah, a hiding place: the high rocks on each side of the valley are almost perpendicular; and the way to the grotto is by a terrace formed in the rock, which is very narrow. There are two entrances into it; we went by the farthest, which leads by a narrow passage into a very large grotto, the rock being supported by natural pillars; the top of it rises in several places like domes; the grotto is perfectly dry. There is a tradition, that the people of the country, to the number of 30,000, retired into this grotto, to avoid a bad air. This place is so strong, that one would imagine it to be one of the strong holds of En-gedi, to which David and his men fled from Saul: and possibly it may be that very cave in which he cut off Saul's skirt; for David and his men might, with good ease, lie hid there and not be seen by him." Travels, vol. ii. P. 1. p. 41.

and Saul.

Ps 141:6

to cover.

Jud 3:24

David.

Ps 57:1; 142:1; *titles