1 Samuel 23:15-17

GOD’S WORD Translation

David in the Desert of Ziph

¹⁵ David was afraid because ^[a] Saul had come to kill him at Horesh in the desert of Ziph. ¹⁶ Saul’s son Jonathan came to David at Horesh. He strengthened David’s ⌞faith⌟ in the Lord.^{[b] 17} “Don’t be afraid,” he told David, “my father Saul won’t find you. You will rule Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this.”