1 Samuel 23:14

God's Word

David lived in fortified camps in the desert, and he lived in fortified camps in the mountains of the desert of Ziph. Saul was always searching for him, but God didn’t let him capture David.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:8

Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

Psalm 32:7

You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble. You surround me with joyous songs of salvation. Selah

Psalm 55:7

Indeed, I would run far away. I would stay in the desert. Selah

Proverbs 1:16

because they rush to do evil and hurry to shed blood.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, and no advice ⌞can stand up⌟ against the Lord.

Proverbs 4:16

Wicked people cannot sleep unless they do wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they make someone stumble.

Jeremiah 36:26

The king commanded Jerahmeel (the king’s son), Seraiah (son of Azriel), and Shelemiah (son of Abdeel) to arrest the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. But the Lord had hidden Baruch and Jeremiah.

Romans 8:31

What can we say about all of this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

2 Timothy 3:11

You also know about the kind of persecutions and sufferings which happened to me in the cities of Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions, and the Lord rescued me from all of them.

Joshua 15:24

Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

Joshua 15:55

They also received another ten cities with their villages: Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

1 Samuel 23:15

David was afraid because  Saul had come to kill him at Horesh in the desert of Ziph.

1 Samuel 23:7

When Saul was told that David went to Keilah, Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hands. He has trapped himself by going into a city which has ⌞a gate with⌟ a double door ⌞held shut by⌟ a bar.”

1 Samuel 24:11

My master, look at this! The border of your robe is in my hand! Since I cut off the border of your robe and didn’t kill you, you should know and be able to see I mean no harm or rebellion. I haven’t sinned against you, but you are trying to ambush me in order to take my life.

1 Samuel 27:1

David said to himself, “One of these days Saul will sweep me away. The best thing for me to do is to make sure that I escape to Philistine territory. Then Saul will give up looking all over Israel for me, and I’ll escape from him.”