They brought the head of Ish-Boshet to David to Chevron, and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ish-Boshet, the son of Sha'ul, your enemy, who sought your life; and the LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Sha'ul, and of his seed.
1 Samuel 23:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) David saw that Sha'ul had come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Zif in the wood. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in the wood [at Horesh]. American Standard Version (1901) And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood. Common English Bible While David was at Horesh in the Ziph wilderness he learned that Saul was looking to kill him. Catholic Public Domain Version And David saw that Saul had gone out, so that he might seek his life. Now David was in the desert of Ziph, in the woods. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life. And David was in the desert of Ziph, in a wood. |
They brought the head of Ish-Boshet to David to Chevron, and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ish-Boshet, the son of Sha'ul, your enemy, who sought your life; and the LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Sha'ul, and of his seed.
Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Zif. Sha'ul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him into his hand.
Yonatan, Sha'ul's son, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Yehudah: how much more then if we go to Ke`ilah against the armies of the Pelishtim?
Sha'ul encamped in the hill of Chakhilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Sha'ul came after him into the wilderness.