1 Samuel 23:26

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:14

And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.

2 Chronicles 20:12

O our God, will you not be their judge? for our strength is not equal to this great army which is coming against us; and we are at a loss what to do: but our eyes are on you.

Psalm 17:11

They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

Psalm 17:9

From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

Psalm 22:12

A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.

Psalm 22:16

Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

Psalm 31:22

And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

2 Corinthians 1:8

For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

Revelation 20:9

And they went up over the face of the earth, and made a circle about the tents of the saints, and the well loved town: and fire came down out of heaven for their destruction.

Judges 16:2

And it was said to the Gazites, Samson is here. So they went round, watching for him all day at the doorway of the town, but at night they kept quiet, saying, When daylight comes we will put him to death.

1 Samuel 19:12

So Michal let David down through the window, and he went in flight and got away.

1 Samuel 20:38

And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.

1 Samuel 23:25

And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.

1 Samuel 23:27

But a man came to Saul saying, Be quick and come; for the Philistines have made an attack on the land.