The Definition of the word Hachilah

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).