thicket, a wood in the mountains of Judah where David hid when pursued by Saul (
1 Samuel 22:5 ). It was possibly while he was here that the memorable incident narrated in 2Sam
2 Samuel 11:16-19 occurred. This place has not been identified, but perhaps it may be the modern Kharas, on the borders of the chain of mountains some 3 miles east of Keilah.
These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.