1 Samuel 26:1-5

David Spares Saul’s Life Again

26:1 The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near ¹  Jeshimon?” 26:2 So Saul arose and

went down to the desert of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand select men of Israel, to look for David in the desert of Ziph. 26:3 Saul camped by the road on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon, but David was staying in the desert. When he realized that Saul had come to the desert to find ²  him, 26:4 David sent scouts and verified that Saul had indeed arrived. ³ 

26:5 So David set out and went to the place where Saul was camped. David saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general in command of his army, were sleeping. Now Saul was lying in the entrenchment, and the army was camped all around him.

[26:1]  ¹ tn Heb “upon the face of.”

[26:3]  ² tn Heb “after.”

[26:4]  ³ tn Heb “and David sent scouts and he knew that Saul had certainly come.”