John Gill's Exposition on 1 Samuel 23:29

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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 went up from thence, etc.] From the wilderness of Maon, having had a narrow escape for his life: and dwelt in strong holds in Engedi; another place in the tribe of Judah, and which lay in the wilderness of Judah, and from whence that is called the wilderness of Engedi; and here Dr. Lightfoot f472 thinks he penned the sixty third psalm, (<196301>Psalm 63:1-11), the wilderness about Engedi being the most desert of all other places, that being upon the borders of the dead sea; of this place, (see Gill on “<061562>Joshua 15:62”).

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