1 Samuel 23:15
And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.
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- 1 Sam 23:7-148 verses87%
7And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.
8And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men.
9And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.
10Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.
11And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.
12Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.
13Then David and his men, about six hundred of them, went out of Keilah, and got away wherever they were able to go. And Saul, hearing that David had got away from Keilah, did not go there.
14And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.
- 1 Sam 26:1-55 verses85%
1And the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, and said, Is not David waiting secretly near us in the hill of Hachilah, before the waste land?
2Then Saul went down to the waste land of Ziph, taking with him three thousand of the best men of Israel, to make search for David in the waste land of Ziph.
3And Saul put up his tents on the hill of Hachilah, which is in front of the waste land on the road. But David was in the waste land, and he saw that Saul was coming after him.
4And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.
5And David got up and came to the place where Saul's tents were: and David had a view of the place where Saul was sleeping with Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts, and the tents of the people were all round him.
- 1 Sam 23:18-203 verses85%
18And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonathan went back to his house.
19Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land?
20So now, O king, have your soul's desire and come down, and we, for our part, will give him up into the king's hands.
- 1 Sam 23:23-264 verses81%
23So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.
24And they went back and came to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the waste land of Maon, in the dry land south of the waste land.
25And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.
26And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.
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16And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;
- 1 Sam 24:1-33 verses78%
1And from there, David went up and took cover in the safe place of En-gedi.
2Now when Saul came back from fighting the Philistines, news was given him that David was in the waste land of En-gedi.
3Then Saul took three thousand of the best men out of all Israel, and went in search of David and his men on the rocks of the mountain goats.
- 1 Sam 22:5-62 verses78%
5And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not go on living in this place but go into the land of Judah. Then David went away and came to the woodland of Hereth.
6And news was given to Saul that David had been seen, and the men who were with him: now Saul was in Gibeah, seated under the tree in the high place, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were in their places before him.
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1And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.
- 1 Sam 24:9-102 verses76%
9And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.
10And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?
- 1 Sam 19:1-22 verses75%
1And Saul gave orders to his son Jonathan and to all his servants to put David to death. But Saul's son Jonathan had great delight in David.
2And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place:
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10Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.
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10And Saul would have sent his spear through him, pinning him to the wall, but he got away and the spear went into the wall: and that night David went in flight and got away.
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13And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now?
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18So David went in flight and got away and came to Ramah, to Samuel, and gave him an account of all Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and were living in Naioth.
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31And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.
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3And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
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22So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.
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15And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.
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15And Saul sent his men to see David, saying, Do not come back without him, take him in his bed, so that I may put him to death.
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23Keep here with me and have no fear; for he who has designs on my life has designs on yours: but with me you will be safe.
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1Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the destruction of the Amalekites, had been in Ziklag for two days;
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13Then David went over to the other side, and took his place on the top of a mountain some distance away, with a great space between them;
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3And David said to him, Where have you come from? And he said, I have come in flight from the tents of Israel.
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11And Saul, balancing the spear in his hand, said, I will give David a blow, pinning him to the wall. And David got away from him twice.
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15Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
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19So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.
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34And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
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1Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war.