OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 26:1

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The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?”

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Verse 1. Ziph. Having declared themselves so decidedly against David, they apprehended the utmost danger if he should ascend the throne.—Hill. Hebrew “Gabaa,” as the Vulg. leaves it, verse 3. It lay to the right hand of Ziph, (Calmet. 23:19,) or “of Jesimon.” Sept.

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