1 Samuel 23:26 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁶ And Sha’ul went on one side of the mountain, and Dawiḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ And Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David made haste to get away for fear of Saul, for Saul and his men were surrounding [him] and his men to capture them.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

Common English Bible

²⁶ Saul was going around one side of a hill there while David and his soldiers were going around the other. David was hurrying to get away from Saul while Saul and his troops were trying to surround David and his soldiers in order to capture them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ And Saul went to one side of the mountain. But David and his men were on the other side of the mountain. Then David was despairing that he would be able to escape from the face of Saul. And Saul and his men enclosed David and his men in the manner of a crown, so that they might capture them.

1 Samuel 23:26 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:14

And Dawiḏ

2 Chronicles 20:12

“O our Elohim, would You not judge them? For we are powerless against this great army that is coming against us. And we do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

Psalm 17:11

They have now surrounded us in our steps, They set their eyes to cast us to the ground,

Psalm 17:9

From the face of the wrong who ravage me, From my deadly enemies who surround me.

Psalm 22:12

Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong ones of Bashan have encircled Me.

Psalm 22:16

For dogs have surrounded Me; A crowd of evil ones have encircled Me, Piercing My hands and My feet;

Psalm 31:22

And I, I have said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes,” Yet You heard the voice of my prayers When I cried out to You.

2 Corinthians 1:8

For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, of our pressure which came to us in Asia, that we were weighed down, exceedingly, beyond ability, so that we despaired even of life.

Revelation 20:9

And they came up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the set-apart ones and the beloved city. And fire came down from Elohim out of the heaven and consumed them.

Judges 16:2

the Azzathites saying, “Shimshon has come here!” So they went round and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and kept silent all night, saying, “In the morning, when it is daylight, then we shall kill him.”

1 Samuel 19:12

So Miḵ

1 Samuel 20:38

And Yehonathan shouted after the youth, “Make haste, hurry, do not stand still!” And Yehonathan’s youth picked up the arrows and came to his master.

1 Samuel 23:25

And Sha’ul and his men went to seek him, and they informed Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 23:27

Then a messenger came to Sha’ul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have invaded the land!”