1 Samuel 23:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:8

They brought the head of Ishbaal to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ishbaal son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life; the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring.”

Daniel 10:18

Again one in human form touched me and strengthened me.

Hebrews 11:38

of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains and in caves and holes in the ground.

1 Samuel 23:14

David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but the Lord did not give him into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:16

Saul’s son Jonathan set out and came to David at Horesh; there he strengthened his hand through the Lord.

1 Samuel 23:3

But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

1 Samuel 26:3

Saul encamped on the hill of Hachilah, which is opposite Jeshimon, beside the road. But David remained in the wilderness. When he learned that Saul had come after him into the wilderness,