29<\/strong>. at En-gedi<\/em> ] En-gedi (= fountain of the kid<\/em>), now Ain-Jidy<\/em>, is situated about half way along the western shore of the Dead Sea. The precipitous cliffs recede from the water’s edge, and enclose a sloping plain watered by the stream which gushes copiously from the limestone rock. Here in the days of Abraham stood the Amorite city of Hazazon-tamar (= pruning of the palm<\/em>). See Gen 14:7<\/span>; 2Ch 20:2<\/span>. It is still an oasis in the limestone desert, and though palm-trees and vineyards (Son 1:14<\/span>) have vanished, the petrified leaves of the one and the terraces cut on the hills for the other attest its ancient fertility. On all sides the country is full of caverns which might serve as lurking places for David and his men, as they do for outlaws at the present day. See Robinson, Bibl. Res<\/em>. 1. 508 ff.; Tristram, Land of Israel<\/em>, p. 277 ff.; Stanley, Sin. and Pal<\/em>. p. 295 ff., for descriptions of this remarkable spot.<\/p>\n 29 24:8. David spares Saul’s life in the cave at En-gedi<\/p>\n This narrative and that in ch. 26 are regarded by some commentators as different accounts of the same event. See Note VII. p. 243, and the notes on ch. 26.<\/p>\n Psalms 57, 142 are referred by their titles to the time when David fled from Saul in the cave; but whether this occasion or his sojourn in the cave of Adullam is meant, must remain uncertain.<\/p>\n En-gedi (the fountain of the kid), anciently called Hazezon-Tamar Gen 14:7<\/span> from the palm-trees which used to grow there, still preserves its name in Ain-Djedy. It is about 200 yards from the Dead Sea, about the center of its western shore. It is marked by great luxuriance of vegetation, though the approach to it is through most dangerous and precipitous passes. The country is full of caverns, which serve as lurking places for outlaws at the present day. One of these, a spacious one called Bir-el-Mauquouchieh, with a well in it suitable for watering sheep, close to the Wady Hasasa, may have been the identical cavern in which David cut off Sauls skirt.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 29<\/span>. Strong holds at En-gedi.<\/B><\/I>] En-gedi was situated near to the western coast of the Dead Sea<\/I>, not far from Jeshimon: it literally signifies the kid’s well<\/I>, and was celebrated for its vineyards<\/I>, Son 1:14<\/span>. It was also celebrated for its balm<\/I>. It is reported to be a mountainous territory, filled with caverns; and consequently proper for David in his present circumstances.<\/P> <\/P> How threshing-floors<\/I> were made among the ancients, we learn from CATO, De Re Rustica<\/I>, chap. 91, and 129. And as I believe it would be an excellent method to make the most durable and efficient barn-floors<\/I>, I will set it down: –<\/P> <\/P> Aream sic facito. Locum ubi facies confodito; postea amurca conspergito bene, sinitoque combibat. Postea comminuito glebas bene. Deinde coaequato, et paviculis verberato. Postea denuo amurca conspergito, sinitoque arescat. Si ita feceris neque formicae nocebunt, neque herbae nascentur: et cum pluerit, lutum non erit. “Make a threshing-floor thus: dig the place thoroughly; afterwards sprinkle it well with the lees of oil, and give it time to soak in. Then beat the clods very fine, make it level, and beat it well down with a paver’s rammer. When this is done, sprinkle it afresh with the oil lees, and let it dry. This being done, the mice cannot burrow in it, no grass can grow through it, nor will the rain dissolve the surface to raise mud.”<\/P> <\/P> The directions of COLUMELLA are nearly the same; but as there as some differences of importance, I will subjoin his account: –<\/P> <\/P> Area quoque si terrena erit, ut sit ad trituram satis habilis, primum radatur, deinde confodiatur, permixtis paleis cum amurca, quae salem non accepit, extergatur; nam ea res a populatione murium formicarumque frumenta defendit. Tum aequate paviculis, vel molari lapide condensetur, et rursus subjectis paleis inculcetur, atque ita solibus siccanda relinquatur. De Re Rustica<\/I>, lib. ii., c. 20. “If you would have a threshing-floor made on the open ground, that it may be proper for the purpose, first pare off the surface, then let it be well digged, and mixed with lees of oil, unsalted, with which chaff has been mingled, for this prevents the mice and ants from burrowing and injuring the corn. Then level it with a paver’s rammer, or press it down with a millstone. Afterwards scatter chaff over it, tread it down, and leave it to be dried by the sun.”<\/P> <\/P> This may be profitably used within doors, as well as in the field; and a durable and solid floor is a matter of very great consequence to the husbandman, as it prevents the flour from being injured by sand or dust.<\/P> <\/p>\n 29. David went up from thence, anddwelt in strong holds at En-gedi<\/B>that is, “the spring ofthe wild goats or gazelles”a name given to it from the vastnumber of ibexes or Syrian chamois which inhabit these cliffs on thewestern shore of the Dead Sea (Jos15:62<\/span>). It is now called Ain Jiddy. On all sides the country isfull of caverns, which might then serve as lurking places for Davidand his men, as they do for outlaws at the present day [ROBINSON].<\/P><\/p>\n And David went up from thence<\/strong>,…. From the wilderness of Maon, having had a narrow escape for his life:<\/p>\n and dwelt in strong holds in Engedi<\/strong>; another place in the tribe of Judah, and which lay in the wilderness of Judah, and from whence that is called the wilderness of Engedi; and here Dr. Lightfoot w thinks he penned the sixty third psalm, Ps 63:1<\/span>, 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 comments on Jos 15:62]<\/span>.<\/p>\n w Works, vol. 1. p. 58.<\/p>\n 29<\/strong>. <\/strong> En-gedi <\/strong> See on Jos 15:62<\/span>. and 1Sa 23:1<\/span> of the next chapter.<\/p>\n REFLECTIONS<\/p>\n<\/p>\n READER, let us pause over the perusal of this chapter, if it be for no other purpose than to remark the gracious care of a covenant God over his people; and to observe, that though many be the afflictions of the righteous, yet the Lord delivereth out of them all. But let us further learn from the view of it, how graciously the same merciful Lord supports the trials of his people, and makes their back suited to their burden; that as their day is, so their strength shall be. Surely nothing but the Lord’s grace could have been found sufficient to have borne up David’s mind under such heavy afflictions. And who, thus supported, but must have been constrained to say as he did; It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes? if trouble, and the malice and persecution of our enemies, be made the means, in the hand of our most wise and gracious God, to bring our hearts to live on him; and if, (as is most probable) without these exercises, our hearts would not be found so closely cleaving to the Lord; oh! who would not wish to be driven out from all creature comfort, that we might experience such sweet and holy enjoyment as David did, in communion with God.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n But chiefly, from the perusal of this chapter, let us, Reader, eye Jesus. Was not that precious Lamb of God represented in all David’s troubles? Did Saul hunt David from city to city, and from one place to another; and can we forget, how strong bulls of Bashan beset him around, until his strength was poured out like water; and his heart, like wax, was melted in his bowels! Yes! thou dearest Jesus, David’s Lord and Son! thou wast exposed to the wrath, both of devils and of wicked men, in the day of thy calamity. Thou didst endure such a contradiction of sinners against thyself; and wast brought under oppression and suffering, until that thy life was made an offering, and a sacrifice for sin. But here, blessed Jesus, in the view of thine unequalled sufferings, may I always connect with it the cause. All this was not for thyself, but thy people. In the midst of all, thou wast holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens. And when I see thee in these situations of trial and suffering, and behold thee personating thy people, the heir of all things, and yet not where to lay thine head; the brightness of thy Father’s glory, and yet thy visage marred more than any man: the wonder, the praise, the adoration of angels, and yet, as thou saidst thyself, a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the outcast of the people! Oh! precious, precious Jesus, what love must have enflamed thy heart, that thou shouldest become all this, and infinitely more than this, even sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in thee. Hail! holy Saviour! gracious Lord God, Emmanuel! add one blessing more, and incline every heart to love thee, that every knee may bow before thee, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.<\/p>\n 1Sa 23:29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.<\/p>\n Ver. 29. Dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.<\/strong> ] Which was the utmost border of the country, a very rocky and craggy place, And here it is thought he penned the fifty-seventh Psalm.<\/p>\n The district around En-gedi, near the western coast of the Dead Sea, is reported by travellers to be a mountainous territory, filled with caverns; and consequently, proper for David in his present circumstances. Dr. Lightfoot thinks this was the wilderness of Judah, in which David was when he penned the Psa 63:1, which breathes as much pious and devout affection as almost any of his Psalms; for in all places and in all conditions he still kept up his communion with God. – If Christians knew their privileges better, and acted up thereto, there would be less murmuring at the dark dispensations of Divine Providence. 1Sa 24:1, Gen 14:7, Jos 15:62, 2Ch 20:2, Son 1:14, Eze 47:10 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jos 2:16 – Get you 1Sa 24:22 – the hold 1Ch 12:8 – into the hold<\/p>\n 23:29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in {a} strong holds at Engedi.<\/p>\n (a) That is, in strong places, which were defended by nature.<\/p>\n And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strongholds at En-gedi. 29. at En-gedi ] En-gedi (= fountain of the kid), now Ain-Jidy, is situated about half way along the western shore of the Dead Sea. 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