<p class="bodytext">This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought,<n id="1" /> &#8220;They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?&#8221;

Saul retained David<n id="1" /> on that day and did not allow him to return to his father&#8217;s house.

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,<n id="1" /> but God did not deliver David<n id="2" /> into his hand.