He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

David realized that Saul had come out to seek his life; at that time David was in Horesh in the desert of Ziph.

Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh. He encouraged him through God.

When the two of them had made a covenant before the Lord, David stayed on at Horesh, but Jonathan went to his house.

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?

At that time their fortified cities will be like the abandoned summits of the Amorites, which they abandoned because of the Israelites; there will be desolation.

Consider Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches, like a forest giving shade, and extremely tall; its top reached into the clouds.