1 Samuel 23:14-16
Names of God Bible
14 David lived in fortified camps in the desert, and he lived in fortified camps in the mountains of the desert of Ziph. Saul was always searching for him, but Elohim didn’t let him capture David.
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 Yahweh.[b]
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- 1 Samuel 23:15 Or “David saw that.”
- 1 Samuel 23:16 Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek; Masoretic Text “in Elohim.”
1 Samuel 23:14-16
New International Version
14 David stayed in the wilderness(A) strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph.(B) Day after day Saul searched(C) for him, but God did not(D) 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.(E) 16 And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength(F) in God.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 23:15 Or he was afraid because
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