1 Samuel 23:14

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

David went into the desert of Ziph and stayed in the mountains and fortresses there. Saul looked for David the whole time, but the Lord didn’t let Saul catch him.

Cross References

Psalm 32:7

You are a hiding place for me. You protect me from my troubles. You surround me and protect me, so I sing about the way you saved me. Selah

Joshua 15:55

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

Joshua 15:24

Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

2 Timothy 3:11

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

Romans 8:31

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

Jeremiah 36:26

Instead King Jehoiakim commanded some men to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. These men were Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel. But they could not find Baruch and Jeremiah, because the Lord had hidden them.

Proverbs 21:30

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

Proverbs 4:16

The wicked cannot sleep until they have done something evil. They will not rest until they bring someone down.

Proverbs 1:16

They run to do something evil, and they cannot wait to kill someone.

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.”

1 Samuel 23:7

People told Saul that David was now at Keilah. Saul said, “God has given David to me. David trapped himself when he went into a city surrounded by a wall with gates and bars to lock them.”

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 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.

2 Chronicles 11:8

Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

Psalm 55:7

I would go far into the desert and stay there. Selah