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Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn`t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
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Betrayal and a Psalm's Birth
The Ziphites, who were from David's own tribe of Judah, betrayed him to Saul. Commentators suggest their motives ranged from being 'warm adherents of Saul' to being 'terrified' after Saul's massacre at Nob. This act of betrayal by his own kinsmen is widely believed to be the specific event that prompted David to write Psalm 54.
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1 Samuel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(Hachilah is thought by Conder to be the long ridge called El Kolah; for Jeshimon, see the margin and Numbers 21:20.)
19th Century
Anglican
The Ziphites. —The words of these Ziphites, and the king’s grateful reply, show that they were very warm adherents of Saul, entire…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah Who though he had been out in quest of David, yet was now returned to Gi…
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