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David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father`s house heard it, they went down there to him.
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A Fortress, Not Just a Cave
Commentators describe the 'cave of Adullam' not as a small hole, but as a massive, defensible stronghold. Located in David's home tribe of Judah, it was a strategic place of refuge. Scholar John Gill notes that it was likely here, in this place of isolation, that David composed Psalm 142, a powerful prayer from a desperate soul.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To the cave Adullam. This should be understood as the cave “of” Adullam, located near the town of that name. Adullam was a town in the Sheph…
19th Century
Anglican
The cave Adullam. —The great valley of Elah forms the highway from Philistia to Hebron. Especially in one of the tributary valleys…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
David therefore departed from thence From Gath, being driven by Achish from his court, and let go by his servants, a…
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