1 Samuel 23:15

New American Bible - revised edition

While David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh he was afraid that Saul had come out to seek his life.

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:8

They brought the head of Ishbaal to David in Hebron and said to the king: “This is the head of Ishbaal, son of your enemy Saul, who sought your life. Thus has the Lord this day avenged my lord the king on Saul and his posterity.”

Daniel 10:18

The one who looked like a man touched me again and strengthened me, saying,

Hebrews 11:38

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered about in deserts and on mountains, in caves and in crevices in the earth.

1 Samuel 23:14

David now lived in the strongholds in the wilderness, or in the barren hill country near Ziph. Though Saul sought him continually, the Lord did not deliver David into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:16

Then Saul’s son, Jonathan, came down to David at Horesh and encouraged him in the Lord.

1 Samuel 23:3

But David’s men said to him: “Even in Judah we have reason to fear. How much more so if we go to Keilah against the forces of the Philistines!”

1 Samuel 26:3

Saul camped beside the road on the hill of Hachilah, at the edge of Jeshimon. David, who was living in the wilderness, saw that Saul had come into the wilderness after him