1 Samuel 26:2

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So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, taking three thousand select men of Israel with him to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph.

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  • 1 Sam 24:2 : 2 When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, 'David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.'
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul asked, 'Is that your voice, my son David?' And Saul wept aloud.
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 My loved ones and friends stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand far off.
  • Ps 140:4-9 : 4 They sharpen their tongues like serpents; the venom of vipers is under their lips. Selah. 5 Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plot to overthrow my steps. 6 The arrogant have hidden traps for me; they have spread out cords as a net and set snares for me along my path. Selah. 7 I said to the LORD, 'You are my God.' Listen, O LORD, to my cries for mercy. 8 O LORD, my Master, the strength of my salvation, you have shielded my head on the day of battle. 9 Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
  • 1 Sam 13:2 : 2 Saul chose 3,000 men from Israel for himself. 2,000 were with Saul at Michmash and in the hills of Bethel, and 1,000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent back to their homes.
  • 1 Sam 23:23-25 : 23 Carefully identify all the hiding places where he could be staying and return to me with reliable information. Then I will come with you, and if he is indeed in the land, I will search for him among all the clans of Judah. 24 So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul, while David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain south of Jeshimon. 25 When Saul and his men began searching for him, David was told about it. He then went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard this, he pursued David into the wilderness of Maon.

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  • 1 Sam 26:3-7
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    3Saul camped on the hill of Hachilah, which faces the wilderness along the road, while David stayed in the wilderness. When he saw that Saul had come into the wilderness after him,

    4David sent out spies and learned that Saul had definitely come.

    5Then David got up and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army, were lying down. Saul was lying inside the camp with the troops encamped around him.

    6David then answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?" Abishai said, "I will go down with you."

    7So David and Abishai came to the troops by night, and there was Saul lying asleep in the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the troops were lying all around him.

  • 1 Sam 26:1
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    1Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Isn't David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, which overlooks the wilderness?"

  • 1 Sam 24:1-3
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    84%

    1David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En-gedi.

    2When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, 'David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.'

    3So Saul chose three thousand elite men from all Israel and went to search for David and his men near the rocks of the wild goats.

  • 1 Sam 23:13-15
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    13So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and moved wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he stopped his pursuit.

    14David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.

    15When David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life, he stayed in the Wilderness of Ziph, in the woods.

  • 1 Sam 23:23-26
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    81%

    23Carefully identify all the hiding places where he could be staying and return to me with reliable information. Then I will come with you, and if he is indeed in the land, I will search for him among all the clans of Judah.

    24So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul, while David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain south of Jeshimon.

    25When Saul and his men began searching for him, David was told about it. He then went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard this, he pursued David into the wilderness of Maon.

    26Saul was going along one side of the mountain, and David and his men were on the other side, hurrying to get away from Saul. But as Saul and his forces were closing in on David and his men to capture them,

  • 1 Sam 23:19-20
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    19The Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah and said, 'Isn't David hiding among us in the strongholds in the woods, on the hill of Hachilah, south of Jeshimon?'

    20Now, O king, come down whenever you desire, and it will be our duty to surrender him into your hand.

  • 1 Sam 13:2
    78%

    2Saul chose 3,000 men from Israel for himself. 2,000 were with Saul at Michmash and in the hills of Bethel, and 1,000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent back to their homes.

  • 1 Sam 14:2
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    2Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron, and with him were about six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 22:6
    74%

    6Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. Saul was seated in Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the hill, spear in hand, with all his servants standing around him.

  • 1 Sam 23:8
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    8So Saul summoned all the troops for battle to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

  • 1 Chr 12:1
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    1These are the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still banished because of Saul, son of Kish. They were among the warriors who helped in battle.

  • 1 Sam 15:4
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    4Saul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

  • 1 Sam 13:15-16
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    15Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul counted the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

    16Saul, his son Jonathan, and the troops who were with them stayed in Gibeah of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

  • 1 Sam 27:1-2
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    1David said to himself, "One day I will perish at the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me throughout the territory of Israel, and I will be safe from him."

    2So David arose and went over with his six hundred men to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 2 Sam 6:1
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    1David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in number.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    72%

    13David crossed over to the other side and stood on top of the hill at a distance, with a wide space between them.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
    72%

    1After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag for two days.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    72%

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  • 1 Sam 17:31
    71%

    31When David's words were heard, they were reported to Saul, and he sent for him.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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  • 1 Sam 16:19
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  • 1 Sam 17:19
    71%

    19Saul, your brothers, and the men of Israel are in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 24:7
    71%

    7He said to his men, 'The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my lord, the LORD’s anointed, by raising my hand against him, for he is the LORD’s anointed.'

  • 1 Sam 23:3
    71%

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  • 2 Sam 23:13
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  • 1 Sam 9:5
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  • 1 Sam 22:13
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  • 1 Sam 30:1
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