1 Samuel 26:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

David sent out spies and learned that Saul had indeed arrived.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

David sent out spies and learned that Saul had actually come.

American Standard Version (1901)

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.

Common English Bible

he sent spies and discovered that Saul had definitely arrived.

Catholic Public Domain Version

he sent explorers, and he learned that he certainly had arrived in that place.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He sent spies, and learned that he was most certainly come thither.

1 Samuel 26:4 Cross References

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and spent the night there.

1 Samuel 26:3

Saul encamped on the hill of Hachilah, which is opposite Jeshimon, beside the road. But David remained in the wilderness. When he learned that Saul had come after him into the wilderness,

1 Samuel 26:5

Then David set out and came to the place where Saul had encamped, and David saw the place where Saul lay, with Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army. Saul was lying within the encampment, while the army was encamped around him.