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**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](../../../kjv/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](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/27) , "behave strangely"; [Job 34:19](../../../kjv/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](../../../kjv/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.

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