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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 25:20 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 25:20 |
King James |
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The covert of the hill - Probably a defile or glen, literally a "secret place," as in Sa1 19:2. She was riding down into this glen from one side, while David and his men were descending the opposite hill. It is perhaps mentioned that she came by this "secret place," because she chose this path to escape the observation of her husband or of anyone else. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| She came down - and David - came down - David was coming down Mount Paran; Abigail was coming down from Carmel. - Calmet. |
2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: