1 Samuel 23:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in the wood [at Horesh].

American Standard Version (1901)

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

Common English Bible

While David was at Horesh in the Ziph wilderness he learned that Saul was looking to kill him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And David saw that Saul had gone out, so that he might seek his life. Now David was in the desert of Ziph, in the woods.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life. And David was in the desert of Ziph, in a wood.

1 Samuel 23:15 Cross References

2 Samuel 4:8

And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

Daniel 10:18

Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.

Hebrews 11:38

(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

1 Samuel 23:14

And David abode in the wilderness in the strong holds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:16

And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

1 Samuel 23:3

And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

1 Samuel 26:3

And Saul pitched 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.