Joshua 2:22
found them not.1Sa 19:10-12; 2Sa 17:20; Ps 32:6,71 Samuel 23:14
a mountain.Ps 11:1-3the wilderness.Ziph is mentioned in Joshua with Carmel and Maon, near which it seems to have been situated; and as we have mention of Carmel and Maon in the history of David, as adjoining to Ziph, it cannot be doubted that by the Ziph, in the wilderness of which David now lay, and where was the hill of Hachilah, is to be understood Ziph near Carmel and Maon. Jos 15:24,55Saul.27:1; Ps 54:3,4; Pr 1:16; 4:16but God.7; Ps 32:7; 37:32,33; 54:3,4; Pr 21:30; Jer 36:26; Ro 8:312Ti 3:11; 4:17,181 Samuel 23:29
The district around En-gedi, near the western coast of the Dead Sea, is reported by travellers to be a mountainous territory, filled with caverns; and consequently, proper for David in his present circumstances. Dr. Lightfoot thinks this was the wilderness of Judah, in which David was when he penned the 63rd Psalm, which breathes as much pious and devout affection as almost any of his Psalms; for in all places and in all conditions he still kept up his communion with God.--If Christians knew their privileges better, and acted up thereto, there would be less murmuring at the dark dispensations of Divine Providence. 24:1; Ge 14:7; Jos 15:62; 2Ch 20:2; So 1:14; Eze 47:10Psalms 11:1
1 David encourages himself in God against his enemies.4 The providence and justice of God. A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. In the.7:1; 9:10; 16:1; 25:2; 31:14; 56:11; 2Ch 14:11; 16:8; Isa 26:3,4how.1Sa 19:11; 20:38; 21:10-12; 22:3; 23:14; 27:1Flee.55:6,7; Pr 6:5; Lu 13:31
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