1 Samuel 23:26

New American Bible - revised edition

As Saul moved along one side of the gorge, David and his men took to the other. David was anxious to escape Saul, while Saul and his men were trying to outflank David and his men in order to capture them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:14

At this, David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem: “Get up, let us flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. Leave at once, or he will quickly overtake us, and then bring disaster upon us, and put the city to the sword.”

2 Chronicles 20:12

O our God, will you not bring judgment on them? We are powerless before this vast multitude that is coming against us. We ourselves do not know what to do, so our eyes are turned toward you.” Victory Prophesied.

Psalm 17:11

Their steps even now encircle me; they watch closely, keeping low to the ground,

Psalm 17:9

from the wicked who despoil me. My ravenous enemies press upon me;

Psalm 22:12

Do not stay far from me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help.

Psalm 22:16

As dry as a potsherd is my throat; my tongue cleaves to my palate; you lay me in the dust of death.

Psalm 31:22

Blessed be the Lord, marvelously he showed to me his mercy in a fortified city.

2 Corinthians 1:8

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction that came to us in the province of Asia; we were utterly weighed down beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.

Revelation 20:9

They invaded the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the holy ones and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.

Judges 16:2

The people of Gaza were told, “Samson has come here,” and they surrounded him with an ambush at the city gate all night long. And all the night they waited, saying, “At morning light we will kill him.”

1 Samuel 19:12

Then Michal let David down through a window, and he made his escape in safety.

1 Samuel 20:38

Again he called to the boy, “Hurry, be quick, don’t delay!” Jonathan’s boy picked up the arrow and brought it to his master.

1 Samuel 23:25

When Saul and his men came looking for him, David got word of it and went down to the gorge in the wilderness below Maon. Saul heard of this and pursued David into the wilderness below Maon.

1 Samuel 23:27

Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, because the Philistines have invaded the land.”