1 Samuel 26:3

Webster's Bible (1833)

Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 23:19 : 19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
  • 1 Sam 26:1 : 1 The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 26:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?

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

  • 1 Sam 23:19
    85%

    19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

  • 1 Sam 23:13-15
    3 verses
    85%

    13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. It was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.

    14David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him into his hand.

    15David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

  • 1 Sam 26:4-7
    4 verses
    83%

    4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.

    5David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him.

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

    7So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.

  • 1 Sam 23:23-26
    4 verses
    82%

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

    24They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

    25Saul and his men went to seek him. They told David: why he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

    26Saul 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 compassed David and his men round about to take them.

  • 1 Sam 24:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.

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

    3He came to the sheep pens by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    79%

    13Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them;

  • 1 Sam 22:6
    78%

    6Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him: now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.

  • 1 Sam 19:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

    19It was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 17:2
    76%

    2Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    76%

    1David 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 escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

  • 1 Sam 28:4
    75%

    4The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 14:2
    75%

    2Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people who were with him were about six hundred men;

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    75%

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

  • 1 Sam 13:16
    75%

    16Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

  • 1 Sam 23:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.

    29David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.

  • 1 Sam 19:10
    74%

    10Saul sought to strike David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he struck the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

  • 1 Sam 19:2
    74%

    2Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself:

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    74%

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

  • 1 Sam 27:4
    74%

    4It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

  • 1 Sam 15:5
    74%

    5Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

  • 1 Sam 18:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11and Saul cast the spear; for he said, I will strike David even to the wall. David avoided out of his presence twice.

    12Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and was departed from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    73%

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

  • 2 Sam 1:1
    73%

    1It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

  • 1 Sam 24:7
    73%

    7So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

  • 1 Sam 23:10
    73%

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

  • 1 Sam 19:22
    73%

    22Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? One said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 17:19
    73%

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

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    73%

    31When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

  • 2 Sam 1:6
    73%

    6The young man who told him said, As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and, behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.

  • 2 Sam 1:3
    73%

    3David said to him, From whence come you? He said to him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

  • 1 Sam 23:8
    73%

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

  • 1 Sam 13:2
    73%

    2Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

  • 1 Sam 14:46
    72%

    46Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

  • 1 Sam 22:13
    72%

    13Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

  • 1 Sam 13:6
    72%

    6When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.