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Text -- 1 Samuel 23:13-29 (NET)
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23:13 So David and his men , who numbered about six hundred , set out and left Keilah ; they moved around from one place to another . When told that David had escaped from Keilah , Saul called a halt to his expedition .
23:14 David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the desert of Ziph . Saul looked for him all the time , but God did not deliver David into his hand .
23:15 David realized that Saul had come out to seek his life ; at that time David was in Horesh in the desert of Ziph .
23:16 Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh . He encouraged him through God .
23:17 He said to him, “Don’t be afraid ! For the hand of my father Saul cannot find you . You will rule over Israel , and I will be your second in command. Even my father Saul realizes this .”
23:18 When the two of them had made a covenant before the Lord , David stayed on at Horesh , but Jonathan went to his house .
23:19 Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said , “Isn’t David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah , south of Jeshimon ?
23:20 Now at your own discretion , O king , come down . Delivering him into the king’s hand will be our responsibility.”
23:21 Saul replied , “May you be blessed by the Lord , for you have had compassion on me.
23:22 Go and make further arrangements. Determine precisely where he is and who has seen him there , for I am told that he is extremely cunning .
23:23 Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information . Then I will go with you. If he is in the land , I will find him among all the thousands of Judah .”
23:24 So they left and went to Ziph ahead of Saul . Now David and his men were in the desert of Maon , in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon .
23:25 Saul and his men went to look for him. But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon . When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon .
23:26 Saul went on one side of the mountain , while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain . David was hurrying to get away from Saul , but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them.
23:27 But a messenger came to Saul saying , “Come quickly , for the Philistines have raided the land !”
23:28 So Saul stopped pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines . Therefore that place is called Sela Hammahlekoth .
23:29 Then David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En Gedi .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
David |
Saul |
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF |
Malice |
Keilah |
Ziph |
Jonathan |
Horesh |
Maon |
Jeshimon |
PALESTINE, 2 |
HAND |
Sela-hammahlekoth |
ZIPH (1) |
Friendship |
Wilderness |
JONATHAN (2) |
Hachilah |
MAON; MAONITES |
Unselfishness |
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