1 Samuel 24:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 24

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¹And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.

1 Samuel 24:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 23:28-29
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth. …
Hosea 7:3
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Ezekiel 22:9
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
1 Samuel 23:19
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

Topics

Self-Control

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

Here, I. Saul renews his pursuit of David, 1 Sam. 24:1, 2. No sooner had he come home safely from chasing the Philistines, in which it should seem he had good success, than he enquired after David to do him a mischief, and resolved to have another thrust at him, as if he had been delivered to do all these abominations, Jer. 7:10. By the frequent incursions of the Philistines, he might have seen ho…