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 Samuel 23:19) After his reconciliation with Saul at Engedi
(1 Samuel 24:1-8) David returned to Hachilah, where he had fixed his
quarters. The Ziphites treacherously informed Saul of this, and he
immediately
(1 Samuel 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 Samuel 26:13-25)
