1 Samuel 23:14

Easy To Read Version

David went to the desert and stayed in the fortresses [192] there. David also went to the hill country in the Desert of Ziph. Every day Saul looked for David, but the Lord didn’t let Saul catch him.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:8

Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

Psalm 32:7

God, you are a hiding place for me.\par You protect me from my troubles.\par You surround me and protect me.\par So I sing about the way you saved me.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [201]})\i0 \par

Psalm 55:7

I would go far, far away into the desert.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [327]})\i0 \par

Proverbs 1:16

Those bad people race to do bad things. They are in a hurry to kill someone!

Proverbs 21:30

There is no person who is wise enough to make a plan that can succeed if the Lord is against it.

Proverbs 4:16

Bad people can’t sleep until they do something wrong. Those people can’t sleep until they hurt some other person.

Jeremiah 36:26

And King Jehoiakim commanded some men to arrest Baruch the scribe {\cf2\super [314]} and Jeremiah the prophet. Those men were Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel. But those men could not find Baruch and Jeremiah, because the Lord had hidden them.

Romans 8:31

So what should we say about this? If God is for us, then no person can stand against us. And God is with us.

2 Timothy 3:11

You know about my persecutions (troubles) and my sufferings. You know all the things that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. You know the persecutions I suffered in those places. But the Lord saved me from all those troubles.

Joshua 15:24

Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

Joshua 15:55

The people of Judah were also given these towns: Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

1 Samuel 23:15

David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph. He was afraid, because Saul was coming to kill him.

1 Samuel 23:7

People told Saul that David was now at Keilah. Saul said, “God has given David to me! David has trapped himself. He went into a town that has gates and bars to lock the gates.”

1 Samuel 24:11

Look at this piece of cloth in my hand. I cut off the corner of your robe. I could have killed you, but I didn’t! Now, I want you to understand this. I want you to know that I am not planning anything against you! I did nothing wrong to you! But you are hunting me and trying to kill me.

1 Samuel 27:1

But David thought to himself, “Saul will catch me some day. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. That way I will escape from Saul.”