1 Samuel 26:4 - The Scriptures 2009

And Dawiḏ sent out spies, and learned that Sha’ul had indeed come.

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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

“See, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Joshua 2:1

And Yehoshua son of Nun secretly sent out two men from Shittim to spy, saying, “Go, see the land, and Yeriḥo.” And they went, and came to the house of a woman, a whore, and her name was Raḥaḇ, and they lay down there.

1 Samuel 26:3

And Sha’ul encamped in the hill of Ḥaḵilah, overlooking the wasteland, by the way, while Dawiḏ was dwelling in the wilderness, and he saw that Sha’ul came after him into the wilderness.

1 Samuel 26:5

And Dawiḏ rose up and came to the place where Sha’ul had encamped. And Dawiḏ saw the place where Sha’ul lay, and Aḇnĕr son of Nĕr, the commander of his army. And Sha’ul was lying within the enclosure, with the people encamped all around him.