John Gill Commentary 1 Samuel 23:29

"And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi." — 1 Samuel 23:29 (ASV)

And David went up from thence
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 which it is called the wilderness of Engedi; and here Dr. Lightfoot ^F23 thinks he penned the sixty third psalm, (Psalms 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 Joshua 15:62).

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FOOTNOTES:

• F23: Works, vol. 1. p. 58.