1 Samuel 23:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

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  • Ps 54:3-4 : 3 For strangers have risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. 4 Behold, God is my helper: the Lord is with those who uphold my soul.
  • Josh 15:24 : 24 Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
  • Josh 15:55 : 55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
  • Ps 32:7 : 7 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
  • 1 Sam 23:7 : 7 And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.
  • 1 Sam 27:1 : 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should quickly escape into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of me, to seek me any longer in any territory of Israel. Thus I will escape out of his hand.
  • Ps 11:1-3 : 1 In the LORD I put my trust; how can you say to my soul, 'Flee as a bird to your mountain'? 2 For behold, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, to secretly shoot at the upright in heart. 3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the LORD.
  • Jer 36:26 : 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the LORD hid them.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • 2 Tim 3:11 : 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. But out of them all the Lord delivered me.
  • 2 Tim 4:17-18 : 17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be fully preached through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered from the mouth of the lion. 18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

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  • 1 Sam 23:15-16
    2 verses
    87%

    15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a forest.

    16And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David in the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.

  • 1 Sam 23:19-20
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    83%

    19Then the Ziphites went up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

    20Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.

  • 1 Sam 26:1-5
    5 verses
    83%

    1And the Ziphites came to Saul in Gibeah, saying, Does David not hide himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?

    2Then Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, taking three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

    3And Saul camped on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the road. But David remained in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul had come after him into the wilderness.

    4David therefore sent out spies, and knew that Saul had indeed come.

    5And David arose and came to the place where Saul had camped. And David saw where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. Saul lay within the camp, and the people were camped around him.

  • 1 Sam 23:23-26
    4 verses
    80%

    23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.

    24And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.

    25Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; therefore, he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

    26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men, intending to capture them.

  • 1 Sam 23:10-13
    4 verses
    79%

    10Then David said, O LORD God of Israel, your servant has certainly heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

    11Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.

    12Then David said, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver you up.

    13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; and he refrained from going forth.

  • 1 Sam 23:29
    77%

    29And David went up from there, and lived in strongholds at Engedi.

  • 1 Sam 23:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.

    8And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

  • 1 Sam 24:1-4
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    76%

    1And it came to pass, when Saul returned from following the Philistines, that it was told to him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.

    2Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

    3And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. And David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.

    4And the men of David said to him, Behold, the day of which the LORD said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you. Then David arose and cut off the edge of Saul's robe secretly.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    76%

    22And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 24:7
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    7So David restrained his servants with these words and did not allow them to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave and went on his way.

  • 1 Sam 27:4
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    4And it was told to Saul that David had fled to Gath, and he sought no more for him.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    75%

    1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should quickly escape into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of me, to seek me any longer in any territory of Israel. Thus I will escape out of his hand.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    74%

    10And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 22:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

    6When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul stayed in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)

  • 1 Sam 24:9-10
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    74%

    9And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your harm?

    10Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD delivered you today into my hand in the cave: and some urged me to kill you: but my eye spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.

  • 2 Sam 22:1
    74%

    1And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul:

  • 1 Sam 19:10
    74%

    10And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he drove the javelin into the wall; and David fled and escaped that night.

  • 1 Sam 19:18
    73%

    18So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    73%

    1David therefore departed from there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    73%

    13Then David went over to the other side and stood on the top of a hill a great distance away, a large space being between them.

  • 1 Sam 22:23
    73%

    23Stay with me, fear not: for he that seeks my life seeks your life: but with me you shall be safe.

  • 1 Sam 19:2
    72%

    2But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted greatly in David; and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you; now therefore, I pray you, be on guard until the morning, and stay in a secret place, and hide yourself:

  • 1 Sam 23:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.

    5So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and struck them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • 1 Sam 18:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will strike David even to the wall with it. And David avoided his presence twice.

    12And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and had departed from Saul.

  • 2 Sam 23:14
    72%

    14And David was then in a stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
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    37David said moreover, The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with you.

  • 1 Chr 12:1
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    1Now these are the ones who came to David at Ziklag, while he kept himself hidden because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
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    1Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag;

  • 1 Sam 17:34
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    34David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

  • 2 Sam 5:7
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    7Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the City of David.