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13 David and his men, about 600 strong, got up and left Keilah. They moved around wherever they could go. Saul was advised that David had escaped from Keilah, so he stopped the campaign.[a]

Jonathan Visits David

14 David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and he lived in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not let David[b] slip into Saul’s[c] control. 15 David was afraid because[d] Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:13 Lit. stopped going out
  2. 1 Samuel 23:14 Lit. him
  3. 1 Samuel 23:14 Lit. his
  4. 1 Samuel 23:15 Or David saw that