1 Samuel 23:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised David then stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition David remained in the wilderness strongholds in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hands. American Standard Version (1901) And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. Common English Bible David lived in the fortresses in the wilderness and in the hills of the Ziph wilderness. Saul searched for him constantly, but God did not hand David over to Saul. Catholic Public Domain Version Then David stayed in the desert, in very strong places. And he stayed on a mount in the wilderness of Ziph, on a shady mount. Nevertheless, Saul was seeking him every day. But the Lord did not deliver him into his hands. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But David abode in the desert in strongholds; and he remained in a mountain of the desert of Ziph, in a woody hill. And Saul sought him always: but the Lord delivered him not into his hands. |
No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel will prevail against the Lord.
For they can’t sleep unless they have done what is evil; they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
Then the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to seize the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah, but the Lord hid them.
What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured #– #and yet the Lord rescued me from them all.
David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in Horesh when he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
When it was reported to Saul that David had gone to Keilah, he said, ‘God has handed him over to me, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with barred gates.’
Look, my father! Look at the corner of your robe in my hand, for I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. Recognise that I’ve committed no crime or rebellion. I haven’t sinned against you even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
David said to himself, ‘One of these days I’ll be swept away by Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape immediately to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me everywhere in Israel, and I’ll escape from him.’