1 Samuel 23:24

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So they left and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the rift valley to the south of Jeshimon.

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  • Josh 15:55 : 55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
  • 1 Sam 25:2 : 2 David Marries Abigail the Widow of Nabal There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

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  • 1 Sam 23:25-29
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    86%

    25Saul and his men went to look for him. But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

    26Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them.

    27But a messenger came to Saul saying,“Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

    28So Saul stopped pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines. Therefore that place is called Sela Hammahlekoth.

    29(24:1) Then David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En Gedi.

  • 1 Sam 23:19-20
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    19Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said,“Isn’t David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?

    20Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king’s hand will be our responsibility.”

  • 1 Sam 26:1-6
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    1David Spares Saul’s Life Again The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said,“Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon?”

    2So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand select men of Israel, to look for David in the wilderness of Ziph.

    3Saul camped by the road on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon, but David was staying in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had come to the wilderness to find him,

    4David sent scouts and verified that Saul had indeed arrived.

    5So David set out and went to the place where Saul was camped. David saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general in command of his army, were sleeping. Now Saul was lying in the entrenchment, and the army was camped all around him.

    6David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother,“Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” Abishai replied,“I will go down with you.”

  • 1 Sam 23:12-15
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    12David asked,“Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me and my men into Saul’s hand?” The LORD said,“They will deliver you over.”

    13So David and his men, who numbered about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they moved around from one place to another. When told that David had escaped from Keilah, Saul called a halt to his expedition.

    14David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, but God did not deliver David into his hand.

    15David realized that Saul had come out to seek his life; at that time David was in Horesh in the wilderness of Ziph.

  • 1 Sam 23:23
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    23Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information. Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him among all the thousands of Judah.”

  • 1 Sam 24:1-4
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    1David Spares Saul’s Life(24:2) When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, they told him,“Look, David is in the desert of En Gedi.”

    2So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find David and his men in the region of the rocks of the mountain goats.

    3He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave.

    4David’s men said to him,“This is the day about which the LORD said to you,‘I will give your enemy into your hand, and you can do to him whatever seems appropriate to you.’” So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
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    22David promised Saul this on oath. Then Saul went to his house, and David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 24:7-9
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    7David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down the road.

    8Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul,“My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.

    9David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?

  • 1 Sam 26:13
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    13Then David crossed to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a considerable distance between them.

  • 1 Chr 12:1
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    1Warriors Who Joined David at Ziklag These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish.(They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
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    1David Goes to Adullam and Mizpah So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family learned about it, they went down there to him.

  • 1 Sam 23:3-4
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    3But David’s men said to him,“We are afraid while we are still here in Judah! What will it be like if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

    4So David asked the LORD once again. But again the LORD replied,“Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.”

  • 1 Sam 27:8
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    8Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites.(They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.)

  • 1 Sam 23:8
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    8So Saul mustered all his army to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men.

  • 1 Sam 25:12
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    12So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David all these things.

  • 1 Sam 19:18
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    18Now David had run away and escaped. He went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed at Naioth.

  • 1 Sam 22:6
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    6Saul Executes the Priests But Saul found out the whereabouts of David and the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree at an elevated location with his spear in hand and all his servants stationed around him.

  • 1 Sam 27:1-2
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    1David Aligns Himself with the Philistines David thought to himself,“One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”

    2So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 30:31
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    31and Hebron; and for those in whatever other places David and his men had traveled.

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    10So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.

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    11So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines, but the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

  • 2 Chr 11:8
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    8Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

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  • Josh 15:24
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    24Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

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