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1 Samuel 23:22 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 23 · verse 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.1 Samuel 23:22 · King James Version
1 Samuel 23:22 in context
20Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.
21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
22Go, 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.
23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
24And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- subtillyʻâramproperly, to be bareH6191 →
- preparekûwnproperly, to be erectH3559 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- hauntregela footH7272 →
- knowyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- toldʼâmarto sayH559 →
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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 in the people of that country because they were of his own tribe.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-29