Hachilah
(Heb. Chakilah’, . according to Gesenius, darksome; according to Frst, drought; Sept. v.r. ), the descriptive name of a well Wooded hill () near (on the south of, before, by the way of) the wilderness (Jeshimon) of Ziph, where David lay hid, and where Saul pitched his tent at the information of the Ziphites (1Sa 23:19; 1Sa 26:1; 1Sa 26:3). This is doubtless the Tell Zif reported by Dr. Robinson (Researches, 2, 190, 191) as a round eminence situated in the plain, a hundred feet or more in height, with a level plot on the top, apparently once enclosed by a wall, and containing several cisterns; lying a short distance west of the site of the town of Ziph. SEE ZIPH. The identification proposed by Schwarz (Palest. p. 113) with the village Beth-Chachal, 21 miles west of Hebron, is unsupported and out of place.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Hachilah
the darksome hill, one of the peaks of the long ridge of el-Kolah, running out of the Ziph plateau, “on the south of Jeshimon” (i.e., of the “waste”), the district to which one looks down from the plateau of Ziph (1 Sam. 23:19). After his reconciliation with Saul at Engedi (24:1-8), David returned to Hachilah, where he had fixed his quarters. The Ziphites treacherously informed Saul of this, and he immediately (26:1-4) renewed his pursuit of David, and “pitched in the hill of Hachilah.” David and his nephew Abishai stole at night into the midst of Saul’s camp, when they were all asleep, and noiselessly removed the royal spear and the cruse from the side of the king, and then, crossing the intervening valley to the height on the other side, David cried to the people, and thus awoke the sleepers. He then addressed Saul, who recognized his voice, and expostulated with him. Saul professed to be penitent; but David could not put confidence in him, and he now sought refuge at Ziklag. David and Saul never afterwards met. (1 Sam. 26:13-25).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Hachilah
HACHILAH (1Sa 23:19; 1Sa 26:1; 1Sa 26:3).A hill in which David hid, and on which, during his pursuit, Saul pitched his camp, near the wilderness of Ziph. Ziph is mod. Tell ez-Zf, to the S. of Hebron. Conder suggests that Hachilah may be the hill Dahr el-Kl, but this is perhaps rather far to the east.
W. Ewing.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Hachilah
[Hach’ilah]
Hill near Ziph in Judah, described as being ‘before’ or ‘on the south of ‘ Jeshimon. David resorted there when pursued by Saul, and there David spared Saul when he was in his power. 1Sa 23:19; 1Sa 26:1; 1Sa 26:3. Identified by some with Dhahret el Kolah, 31 28′ N, 35 13’ E.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Hachilah
H2444
A hill of Judah where David and his followers hid from Saul.
1Sa 23:19; 1Sa 26:3
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Hachilah
Hachilah, Hill of (hk’al-ah), the darksome hill. A place in Judah near Ziph, and where David with his 600 followers hid. 1Sa 23:19; compare 14, 15, 18; 26:3.