1 Samuel 23
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1 Samuel 23:19-25

19Then 1ZiphitesH2130 cameH5927 up to SaulH7586 at GibeahH1390, sayingH559, “Is DavidH1732 not hidingH5641 with us in the strongholdsH4679 at HoreshH2793, on 2the hillH1389 of HachilahH2444, whichH834 is on the 3southH3225 of 4JeshimonH3452? 20NowH6258 then, O kingH4428, comeH3381 downH3381 according to allH3605 the desireH185 of your soulH5315 to 5doH3381 soH3381; and 6our part shall be to surrenderH5462 him into the king’sH4428 handH3027.” 21SaulH7586 saidH559, “May you be blessedH1288 of the LordH3068, 7for you have hadH2550 compassionH2550 on me. 22GoH1980 nowH4994, makeH3559 moreH5750 sureH3559, and investigateH3045 and seeH7200 his placeH4725 whereH834H8033 his 8hauntH7272 is, and whoH4310 has seenH7200 him thereH8033; for I am toldH559 that he is veryH6191 cunningH6191. 23So lookH7200, and learnH3045 aboutH4480 allH3605 the hidingH4224 placesH4224 whereH834H8033 he hidesH2244 himself and returnH7725 to me with certaintyH3559, and I will goH1980 with you; and ifH518 he is in the landH776, I will searchH2664 him out among allH3605 the thousandsH505 of JudahH3063.”

24Then they aroseH6965 and wentH1980 to ZiphH2128 beforeH6440 SaulH7586. Now DavidH1732 and his menH376 were in the wildernessH4057 of 9MaonH4584, in the ArabahH6160 to the 10southH3225 of 11JeshimonH3452. 25When SaulH7586 and his menH376 wentH1980 to seekH1245 him, they toldH5046 DavidH1732, and he cameH3381 downH3381 to the rockH5553 and stayedH3427 in the wildernessH4057 of MaonH4584. And when SaulH7586 heardH8085 it, he pursuedH7291 DavidH1732 in the wildernessH4057 of MaonH4584.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 23:19 1 Sam 26:1; Ps 54: title ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 23:19 1 Sam 26:3 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 23:19 Lit right side ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 23:19 Or the desert ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 23:20 Lit come down ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 23:20 1 Sam 23:12 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Samuel 23:21 1 Sam 22:8 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Samuel 23:22 Lit foot ↩
  9. 9. 1 Samuel 23:24 Josh 15:55; 1 Sam 25:2 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Samuel 23:24 Lit right side ↩
  11. 11. 1 Samuel 23:24 Or the desert ↩

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