1 Samuel 24:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

WHEN SAUL returned from following the Philistines, he was told, Behold, David is in the Wilderness of En-gedi.

American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.

Common English Bible

Even as Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was informed that David was in the En-gedi wilderness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then David ascended from there, and he lived in very secure places in Engedi.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Then David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds of Engaddi.

1 Samuel 24:1 Cross References

Proverbs 25:5

take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.

Ezekiel 22:9

There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and men in you who eat upon the mountains; men commit lewdness in your midst.

Ezekiel 47:10

Fishermen will stand beside the sea; from En-gedi to En-eglaim 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.

Hosea 7:3

By their wickedness they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery.

Joshua 15:62

Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi: six cities with their villages.

1 Samuel 23:19

Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibe-ah, saying, “Does not David hide among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?