Saul Pursues David
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David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.
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And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God.
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And he said to him, "Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. o Saul my father also knows this."
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p And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord. David remained at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.
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q Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of r Jeshimon?
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Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down, s and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand."
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And Saul said, t "May you be blessed by the Lord, u for you have had compassion on me.
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Go, make yet more sure. Know and see the place where his foot is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he is very cunning.
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See therefore and take note of all the lurking places where he hides, and come back to me with sure information. Then I will go with you. And if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah."
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And they arose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were v in the wilderness of Maon, w in the Arabah to the south of r Jeshimon.
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And Saul and his men went to seek him. And David was told, so he went down to the rock and lived in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
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Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David was hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them,
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a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid against the land."
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So Saul returned from pursuing after David and went against the Philistines. Therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.
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And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of x Engedi.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 24:20
And now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
1 Samuel 20:31
For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Therefore send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.
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1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 20:8
Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is guilt in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?
1 Samuel 20:16
And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the Lord take vengeance on David's enemies.
1 Samuel 20:42
Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, 'The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.'" And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
2 Samuel 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 26:1
Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the east of Jeshimon?
Psalms 54:1
O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might.
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Numbers 21:20
And from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah that looks down on the desert.
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1 Samuel 23:12
Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And the Lord said, "They will surrender you.
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Ruth 2:20
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 22:8
That all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 25:2
And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah.
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Deuteronomy 1:1
These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
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1 Samuel 23:19
Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?
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Joshua 15:62
Nibshan, the City of Salt, and Engedi: six cities with their villages.
2 Chronicles 20:2
Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, "A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar" (that is, Engedi).
Song of Solomon 1:14
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi.
Ezekiel 47:10
Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From Engedi to Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
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