1 Samuel 23:15
“And Dauid saw that Saul was come out to seeke his life: and Dauid was in the wildernes of Ziph in a wood.”
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1 Samuel 23:15 Context
13¶ Then Dauid and his men, which were about sixe hundred, arose, and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoeuer they could goe: and it was told Saul that Dauid was escaped from Keilah, and hee forbare to goe foorth. 14And Dauid abode in the wildernesse in strong holds, and remained in a mountaine in the wildernes of Ziph: and Saul sought him euery day, but God deliuered him not into his hand. 15And Dauid saw that Saul was come out to seeke his life: and Dauid was in the wildernes of Ziph in a wood. 16¶ And Ionathan Sauls sonne arose, & went to Dauid into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. 17And he said vnto him, Feare not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not finde thee, and thou shalt be king ouer Israel, and I shall be next vnto thee: and that also Saul my father knoweth.
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And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David [was] in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
- King James Version
Now David became aware that Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.
- Basic English Bible
And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
- Darby Bible
And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
- Webster's Bible
David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
- World English Bible
And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David [is] in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible