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.”
1 Samuel 23:15 - New Revised Standard Version David was in the Wilderness of Ziph at Horesh when he learned that Saul had come out to seek his life. 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 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.”
of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
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.
Saul's son Jonathan set out and came to David at Horesh; there he strengthened his hand through the Lord.
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?”
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 came after him into the wilderness,