1 Samuel 23:14

New Living Translation

David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted him day after day, but God didn’t let Saul find him.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:8

Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

Psalm 32:7

For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory. Interlude

Psalm 55:7

I would fly far away to the quiet of the wilderness. Interlude

Proverbs 1:16

They rush to commit evil deeds. They hurry to commit murder.

Proverbs 21:30

No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord.

Proverbs 4:16

For evil people can’t sleep until they’ve done their evil deed for the day. They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.

Jeremiah 36:26

Then the king commanded his son Jerahmeel, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah. But the Lord had hidden them.

Romans 8:31

What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?

2 Timothy 3:11

You know how much persecution and suffering I have endured. You know all about how I was persecuted in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—but the Lord rescued me from all of it.

Joshua 15:24

Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

Joshua 15:55

Besides these, there were Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

1 Samuel 23:15

One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him.

1 Samuel 23:7

Saul soon learned that David was at Keilah. “Good!” he exclaimed. “We’ve got him now! God has handed him over to me, for he has trapped himself in a walled town!”

1 Samuel 24:11

Look, my father, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of the hem of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.

1 Samuel 27:1

But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me in Israelite territory, and I will finally be safe.”