1 Samuel 26:2 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 26:2

David Spares Saul a Second Time

1 Now the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, ^a“Is David not hiding in the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”

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

3 And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is opposite Jeshimon, by the road. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

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

5 So David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and ^aAbner the son of Ner, the commander of his army. Now Saul lay within the camp, with the people encamped all around him.

6 Then David answered, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai ^athe son of Zeruiah, brother of ^bJoab, saying, “Who will ^cgo down with me to Saul in the camp?” And ^dAbishai said, “I will go down with you.”

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 26:2

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American Standard Version
Then 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.

Amplified® Bible
So Saul arose and went down to the Wilderness of Ziph, with 3,000 chosen men of Israel, to seek David [there].

Contemporary English Version
Saul took three thousand of Israel's best soldiers and went to look for David there in Ziph Desert.

Darby English Version
And 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.

Good News Bible
Saul went at once with three thousand of the best soldiers in Israel to the wilderness of Ziph to look for David,

King James Version
Then 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.

New American Standard Bible
So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph.

New International Version
So Saul went down to the Desert of Ziph, with his three thousand chosen men of Israel, to search there for David.

New King James Version
Then 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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph.

Revised Standard Version
So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, with three thousand chosen men of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul riseth, and goeth down unto the wilderness of Ziph, and with him three thousand men, chosen ones of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

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