"And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought…" — 1 Samuel 23:14

1 Samuel 23:14 · KJV

“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.”

— 1 Samuel 23:14

Verse 13

Then David and his men, {which were} about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.

Verse 15

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David {was} in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

1 Samuel 23 — Context

Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver {thee} up. {deliver: Heb. shut up}

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.

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David {was} in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

Cross References

Psalms 54:3-4

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

Psalms 32:7

Thou {art} my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Joshua 15:24

Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

Joshua 15:55

Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

Romans 8:31

What shall we then say to these things? If God {be} for us, who {can be} against us?

2 Timothy 3:11

Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of {them} all the Lord delivered me.

1 Samuel 23:7

And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

Jeremiah 36:26

But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. {of Hammelech: or, of the king}

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