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1 Samuel 23:15
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13 So David and his men, aabout six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah and went wherever they could go. Then it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; so he halted the expedition.  

David in Wilderness Strongholds

14 And David stayed in strongholds in the wilderness, and remained in athe mountains in the Wilderness of bZiph. Saul csought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.  
15 So David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. And David was in the Wilderness of Ziph1 in a forest.  
16 Then Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David in the woods and1 strengthened his hand in God.  
17 And he said to him, a“Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. bEven my father Saul knows that.”  
18 So the two of them amade a covenant before the Lord. And David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his own house.  
Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 23:15

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American Standard Version
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

Amplified® Bible
David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in the wood [at Horesh].

Contemporary English Version
One time, David was at Horesh in Ziph Desert. He was afraid because Saul had come to the area to kill him.

Darby English Version
And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

Good News Bible
David saw that Saul was out to kill him. David was at Horesh, in the wilderness near Ziph.

King James Version
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

New American Standard Bible
Now David became aware that Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

New International Version
While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that Saul had come out to take his life.

New King James Version
So David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. And David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in a forest.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now David became aware that Saul had come out to seek his life while David remained in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

Revised Standard Version
And David was afraid because Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the Wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

Young's Literal Translation
And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David `is' in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.


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