Hachilah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Hachilah
     the darksome hill, one of the peaks of the long ridge of
     el-Kolah, running out of the Ziph plateau, "on the south of
     Jeshimon" (i.e., of the "waste"), the district to which one
     looks down from the plateau of Ziph (1 Sam. 23:19). After his
     reconciliation with Saul at Engedi (24:1-8), David returned to


     Hachilah, where he had fixed his quarters. The Ziphites
     treacherously informed Saul of this, and he immediately (26:1-4)
     renewed his pursuit of David, and "pitched in the hill of
     Hachilah." David and his nephew Abishai stole at night into the
     midst of Saul's camp, when they were all asleep, and noiselessly
     removed the royal spear and the cruse from the side of the king,
     and then, crossing the intervening valley to the height on the
     other side, David cried to the people, and thus awoke the
     sleepers. He then addressed Saul, who recognized his voice, and
     expostulated with him. Saul professed to be penitent; but David
     could not put confidence in him, and he now sought refuge at
     Ziklag. David and Saul never afterwards met. (1 Sam. 26:13-25).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Hachilah, my hope is in her