1 Samuel 24:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now when Saul came back from fighting the Philistines, news was given him that David was in the waste land of En-gedi.

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  • 1 Sam 26:2 : 2 Then 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.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
  • Ps 104:18 : 18 The high hills are a safe place for the mountain goats, and the rocks for the small beasts.
  • Ps 141:6 : 6 When destruction comes to their judges by the side of the rock, they will give ear to my words, for they are sweet.
  • 1 Sam 13:2 : 2 And Saul took for himself three thousand men of Israel, of whom he kept two thousand with him in Michmash and in the mountain of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: the rest of the people he sent back to their tents.

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  • 1 Sam 26:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1 And 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?

    2 Then 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.

    3 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 24:3-4
    2 verses
    83%

    3 Then 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.

    4 And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow.

  • 1 Sam 24:1
    81%

    1 And from there, David went up and took cover in the safe place of En-gedi.

  • 1 Sam 23:23-26
    4 verses
    81%

    23 So 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.

    24 And 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.

    25 And 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.

    26 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 23:13-15
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    78%

    13 Then 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.

    14 And 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.

    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.

  • 1 Sam 13:2
    76%

    2 And Saul took for himself three thousand men of Israel, of whom he kept two thousand with him in Michmash and in the mountain of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: the rest of the people he sent back to their tents.

  • 1 Sam 24:7-9
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    75%

    7 And David said to his men, Before the Lord, never let it be said that my hand was lifted up against my lord, the man of the Lord's selection, for the Lord's holy oil has been put on him.

    8 So with these words David kept his servants back, and did not let them make an attack on Saul. And Saul got up and went on his way.

    9 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 23:8
    74%

    8 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    74%

    22 So 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.

  • 1 Sam 17:34
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    34 And 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,

  • 1 Sam 23:19
    73%

    19 Then 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?

  • 1 Sam 16:19
    73%

    19 So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.

  • 1 Sam 22:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.

    2 And everyone who was in trouble, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, came together to him, and he became captain over them: about four hundred men were joined to him.

  • 1 Sam 13:6
    72%

    6 When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.

  • 1 Chr 11:15
    72%

    15 And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    72%

    1 And 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 17:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

    20 And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.

  • 1 Sam 14:2
    72%

    2 And Saul was still waiting in the farthest part of Geba, under the fruit-tree in Migron: there were about six hundred men with him;

  • 2 Sam 23:13
    72%

    13 And three of the thirty went down at the start of the grain-cutting, and they came to David at the strong place of Adullam; and the band of Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 23:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

    3 And 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?

  • 1 Chr 12:1
    72%

    1 Now 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.

  • 1 Sam 22:6
    71%

    6 And 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.

  • 2 Sam 6:1
    71%

    1 And David got together all the fighting-men of Israel to the number of thirty thousand;

  • 1 Sam 30:21
    71%

    21 And David came to the two hundred men, who because of weariness had not gone with him, but were waiting at the stream Besor: and they went out, meeting David and the people who were with him; and when they came near them, they said, How are you?

  • 1 Sam 19:15
    71%

    15 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 15:4
    71%

    4 And Saul sent for the people and had them numbered in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    71%

    24 And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.

  • 1 Chr 14:8
    71%

    8 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    71%

    31 And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10 Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    71%

    5 And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of war, and this was pleasing to all the people as well as to Saul's servants.

  • 1 Sam 30:10
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    10 And David, with four hundred men, went on: but two hundred of them were overcome with weariness, and not able to go across the stream.

  • 1 Sam 23:28
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    28 So turning back from going after David, Saul went against the Philistines: so that place was named Sela-hammah-lekoth.

  • 1 Sam 17:15
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    15 Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

  • 1 Sam 25:13
    71%

    13 And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    71%

    13 Then 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;