Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold . Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 .

the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 .

men . Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14 .

hand . Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "hands".

fled. Compare 1 Samuel 22:20 . This verse is the Figure of speech Hysteresis. App-6 .

God . Hebrew. Elohim . App-4 .

delivered . Hebrew. nakar. A homonym. Compare Deuteronomy 32:27 , "behave strangely"; Job 34:19 , regard or acknowledge. Here = to deliver.

secretly practised = contrived.

men = masters, or lords. Hebrew. ba ' alim.

as = according as.

mountain = hill country.

life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 .

covenant . Some codices, with two early printed editions, add "in a wood".

the Ziphites . See Psalms 51:1 .

soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 .

prepare . Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "and prepare".

haunt = track, or trail.

take knowledge of = get to know.

the wilderness = a wild forest or park-like country. Carmel of Judah. Not Carmel of Manasseh.

seek him . Some codices, with one early printed edition (margin), read "seek David".

into a rock = from the rock.

Saul . Some codices, with one early printed edition (margin), add "and his men".

for fear of Saul = from the face of Saul.

Sela-hammahlekoth = the cliff of divisions or separations. Now Wady Malaky, where two forces could be inaccessible the one to the other, and yet within sight and hearing.