1 Samuel 23:15

While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

In Context

14And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.

16And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:3But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

Daniel 10:18Again the one with the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 23:15-19

David in the Wilderness of Ziph. ( b. c. 1057.) 14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. 16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. 17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find… Read the whole commentary →

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