Davidstayedin the wildernessin the strongholds,and remainedin the hillcountryin the wildernessof Ziph.And Saulsoughthim everyday,but Goddid not deliverhim into his hand.
Gath,Mareshah,Ziph,
You are my hidingplace;You preserveme from trouble;You surroundme with songsof deliverance.Selah.
"Behold,I would wanderfaraway, I would lodgein the wilderness.Selah.
For their feetrunto evilAnd they hastento shedblood.
Thereis nowisdomand nounderstandingAnd nocounselagainstthe LORD.
For they cannotsleepunlessthey doevil;And they are robbedof sleepunlessthey make [someone] stumble.
And the kingcommandedJerahmeelthe king'sson,Seraiahthe sonof Azriel,and Shelemiahthe sonof Abdeelto seizeBaruchthe scribeand Jeremiahthe prophet,but the LORDhidthem.
Whatthenshall we sayto these things?IfGod[is] for us, who[is] againstus?
persecutions,[and] sufferings,suchas happenedto me at Antioch,at Iconium[and] at Lystra;whatpersecutionsI endured,and out of them allthe Lordrescuedme!
Ziphand Telemand Bealoth,
Maon,Carmeland Ziphand Juttah,
Now Davidbecameawarethat Saulhad comeout to seekhis lifewhile Davidwas in the wildernessof Ziphat Horesh.
When it was toldSaulthat Davidhad cometo Keilah,Saulsaid,"Godhas deliveredhim into my hand,for he shuthimself in by enteringa citywith double gatesand bars."
"Now, my father,see!Indeed,seethe edgeof your robein my hand!For in that I cutoffthe edgeof your robeand did not killyou, knowand perceivethat thereis noevilor rebellionin my hands,and I have not sinnedagainst you, though you are lyingin waitfor my lifeto takeit.
Then Davidsaidto himself,"NowI will perishonedayby the handof Saul.Thereis nothingbetterfor me thanto escapeinto the landof the Philistines.Saulthen will despairof searchingfor me anymorein allthe territoryof Israel,and I will escapefrom his hand."
