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22 Go and make further arrangements. Determine precisely[a] where he is[b] and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning. 23 Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information.[c] Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him[d] among all the thousands of Judah.”

24 So they left and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the rift valley[e] to the south of Jeshimon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:22 tn Heb “know and see.” The expression is a hendiadys. See also v. 23.
  2. 1 Samuel 23:22 tn Heb “his place where his foot is.”
  3. 1 Samuel 23:23 tn Heb “established.”
  4. 1 Samuel 23:23 tn Heb “I will search him out.”
  5. 1 Samuel 23:24 sn This section of the rift valley is along the western part of the Dead Sea.