1 Samuel 23
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1 Samuel 23:19-28

19Then 1ZiphitesH2130 cameH5927 upH5927 to SaulH7586 at GibeahH1390, sayingH559, “Is DavidH1732 not keepingH5641 himself hiddenH5641 with us in the strongholdsH4679 at HoreshH2793, on 2the hillH1389 of HachilahH2444, whichH834 is southH3225 of 3JeshimonH3452? 20NowH6258 then, O kingH4428, comeH3381 downH3381, 4since you fullyH3605 desireH185 to 5doH3381 soH3381; and 6our part shall be to handH5462 him overH5462 to the kingH4428.” 21SaulH7586 saidH559, “May you be blessedH1288 of the LordH3068, 7sinceH3588 you have hadH2550 compassionH2550 on me. 22GoH1980 nowH4994, beH3559 moreH5750 persistentH3559, and investigateH3045 and seeH7200 his placeH4725 whereH834 8he is hidingH7272, 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 keepsH2244 himself hiddenH2244, and returnH7725 to me with certaintyH3559, and I will goH1980 with you; and ifH518 he is in the landH776, I will searchH2664 him outH2664 among allH3605 the thousandsH505 of JudahH3063.”

24So they setH6965 outH6965 and wentH1980 to ZiphH2128 aheadH6440 of SaulH7586. Now DavidH1732 and his menH376 were in the wildernessH4057 of 9MaonH4584, in the ArabahH6160 to the southH3225 of 10JeshimonH3452. 25When SaulH7586 and his menH376 wentH1980 to seekH1245 him, they informedH5046 DavidH1732, and he cameH3381 downH3381 to the rockH5553 and stayedH3427 in the wildernessH4057 of MaonH4584. And when SaulH7586 heardH8085 about it, he pursuedH7291H310 DavidH1732 in the wildernessH4057 of MaonH4584. 26SaulH7586 wentH1980 on oneH2088 sideH6654 of the mountainH2022, and DavidH1732 and his menH376 on the otherH2088 sideH6654 of the mountainH2022; and DavidH1732 was hurryingH2648 to getH1980 awayH1980 from SaulH7586, while SaulH7586 and his menH376 11were surroundingH5849 DavidH1732 and his menH376 to apprehendH8610 them. 27But a messengerH4397 cameH935 to SaulH7586, sayingH559, “HurryH4116 and comeH1980, for the PhilistinesH6430 have launchedH6584 anH6584 attackH6584 againstH5921 the landH776!” 28So SaulH7586 returnedH7725 from pursuingH7291H310 DavidH1732 and wentH1980 to confrontH7122 the PhilistinesH6430; thereforeH5921H3651 they calledH7121 that placeH4725 12the RockH5553 of DivisionH4256.

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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 Or the desert ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 23:20 Lit according to all your soul’s desire ↩
  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 his foot is ↩
  9. 9. 1 Samuel 23:24 Josh 15:55; 1 Sam 25:2 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Samuel 23:24 Or the desert ↩
  11. 11. 1 Samuel 23:26 Ps 17:9 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Samuel 23:28 Heb Sela-hammahlekoth; meaning uncertain, possibly Rock of Smoothness (i.e., “Slippery Rock”) ↩

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