1 Samuel 23:19 (KJV)

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Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah saying Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood in the hill of Hachilah which is on the south of Jeshimon

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the Ziphites. 1Sa 22:7 1Sa 22:8 1Sa 26:1 Ps 54:1 Ps 54:3 Ps 54:4 Pr 29:12

Hachilah.Calmet states, that Hachilah was a mountain about ten miles south of Jericho, where Jonathan Maccabæus built the castle of Massada, west of the Dead Sea, and not far from En-gedi. 1Sa 26:1 1Sa 26:3

on the south. Heb. on the right hand. Jeshimon. or, thewilderness. Eusebius places Jeshimon ten miles south of Jericho, near the Dead Sea; which agrees extremely well with the position of Hachilah, as stated by Calmet.

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