1 Samuel 26:3
Hebrew Text— 1 Samuel 26:3Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
Morphological data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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When Saul had returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.”
Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might.
of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Jutah,
When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in tombs, and in pits.
Saul was told, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”
Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?”
to those who were in Racal, to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.