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1 Samuel 23:13-15
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
1 Samuel 23:13-15
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they wandered wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition. 14 David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but the Lord[a] did not give him into his hand.
David Eludes Saul in the Wilderness
15 David was in the Wilderness of Ziph at Horesh when he learned that[b] Saul had come out to seek his life.
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- 1 Samuel 23:14 Q Ms Gk: MT God
- 1 Samuel 23:15 Or saw that
1 Samuel 23:13-15
New International Version
1 Samuel 23:13-15
New International Version
13 So David and his men,(A) about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.
14 David stayed in the wilderness(B) strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph.(C) Day after day Saul searched(D) for him, but God did not(E) give David into his hands.
15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that[a] Saul had come out to take his life.(F)
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- 1 Samuel 23:15 Or he was afraid because
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