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

David realized<n id="1" /> that Saul had come out to seek his life; at that time David was in Horesh in the desert of Ziph.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh. He encouraged him<n id="1" /> through God.

When the two of them had made a covenant before the <sc>Lordsc>, David stayed on at Horesh, but Jonathan went to his house.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> their fortified cities will bep> <p class="poetry">like the abandoned summits of the Amorites,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">which they abandoned because of the Israelites;p> <p class="poetry">there will be desolation.p>

<p class="poetry">Consider Assyria,<n id="1" /> a cedar in Lebanon,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">with beautiful branches, like a forest giving shade,p> <p class="poetry">and extremely tall;p> <p class="poetry">its top reached into the clouds.p>