Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 5927 [e] וַיַּ֥עַל way-ya-‘al And went up Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1732 [e] דָּוִ֖ד dā-wiḏ David N-proper-ms 8033 [e] מִשָּׁ֑ם miš-šām; from there Prep-m | Adv 3427 [e] וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב way-yê-šeḇ and dwelt Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 4679 [e] בִּמְצָד֥וֹת bim-ṣā-ḏō-wṯ in strongholds Prep-b | N-fpc   עֵֽין־ ‘ên- at   5872 [e] גֶּֽדִי׃ ge-ḏî. En Gedi N-proper-fs

New American Standard Bible
David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi.

King James Bible
And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
From there David went up and stayed in the strongholds of En-gedi.

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

1 Samuel 24:1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, …

Genesis 14:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote …

Joshua 15:62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.

2 Chronicles 20:2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a …

Songs 1:14 My beloved is to me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

Ezekiel 47:10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand on it from …

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