Joshua 15:24

Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and Samuel was told, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”

There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.

David stayed 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.

Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.

Saul 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.

May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,

You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance.

Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Jutah,

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?

They 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.

Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

When Saul had returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.”

The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million troops and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”?

I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.

of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.

“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don’t provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.

She said to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you. Hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way.”

the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.

He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

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 summoned the people, and counted them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

Saul was told, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”

Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm them. Nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel.

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,

Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,

King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.

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.

The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.

His wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

The father of Gibeon, whose wife’s name was Maacah, lived in Gibeon,

Some Gadites joined David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains:

After this, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

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,

and he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.

He built towers in the wilderness, and dug out many cisterns, for he had much livestock; in the lowland also, and in the plain. He had farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved farming.

Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.

As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.

Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might.

Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer.

In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.

Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.

The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.

Behold, Yahweh’s name comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation. His tongue is as a devouring fire.

Their Redeemer is strong: Yahweh of Armies is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

“You shall tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword. I will give he who is in the open field to the animals to be devoured; and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of the pestilence.

She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”

“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

When Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, then commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,