1 Samuel 26:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And Saul encamped on the hill of Hachilah, which is beside the road on the east of Jeshimon. But David remained in the wilderness; and when he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Saul encamped on the hill of Hachilah, which is beside the road east of Jeshimon. But David remained in the wilderness. And when he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness,

American Standard Version (1901)

And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

Common English Bible

Saul camped on Hachilah’s hill opposite Jeshimon beside the road, but David stayed in the wilderness. When David learned that Saul had come after him into the wilderness,

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Saul encamped at Gibeah on Hachilah, which was opposite the wilderness on the way. But David was living in the desert. Then, seeing that Saul had arrived after him in the wilderness,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Saul encamped in Gabaa Hachila, which was over against the wilderness in the way: and David abode in the wilderness. And seeing that Saul was come after him into the wilderness

1 Samuel 26:3 Cross References

Psalm 63:1

O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.

1 Samuel 23:15

And David was afraid because Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the Wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

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?

1 Samuel 24:3

And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave.

1 Samuel 26:1

Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibe-ah, saying, “Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the east of Jeshimon?”

1 Samuel 26:4

David sent out spies, and learned of a certainty that Saul had come.