1 Samuel 26:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah  opposite Jeshimon. David was living in the wilderness and discovered Saul had come there after him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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,

1 Samuel 26:3 Cross References

1 Samuel 23:15

David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in Horesh when he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.

1 Samuel 23:19

Some Ziphites  came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, ‘Isn’t it true that David is hiding among us in the strongholds in Horesh on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?

1 Samuel 24:3

When Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, a cave was there, and he went in to relieve himself.  , David and his men were staying in the recesses of the cave,

1 Samuel 26:1

Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah saying, ‘David is hiding on the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon.’

1 Samuel 26:4

So David sent out spies and knew for certain that Saul had come.