John Gill's Exposition on 1 Samuel 23:15

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life, etc.] Either he saw him with his bodily eyes from the top of the mountain where he was, (<092314>1 Samuel 23:14); or he perceived, he understood by information given him by his friends, it may be by Jonathan, or by spies he sent to observe his motions: and David [was] in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood; where he and his men could hide themselves among the trees in it; sometimes he was in a mountain in this wilderness, and sometimes in a wood, where he thought himself the safest; thus was this great man obliged to shift about for his safety.

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