1 Samuel 26:1

וַיָּבֹאוּ הַזִּפִים אֶל ־ שָׁאוּל הַגִּבְעָתָה לֵאמֹר הֲלוֹא דָוִד מִסְתַּתֵּר בְּגִבְעַת הַחֲכִילָה עַל פְּנֵי הַיְשִׁימֹֽן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?

In Context

2וַיָּקָם שָׁאוּל וַיֵּרֶד אֶל ־ מִדְבַּר ־ זִיף וְאִתּוֹ שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת ־ אֲלָפִים אִישׁ בְּחוּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת ־ דָּוִד בְּמִדְבַּר ־ זִֽיף ׃

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Cross References

Joshua 15:24זִיף וָטֶלֶם וּבְעָלֽוֹת ׃

1 Samuel 23:19וַיַּעֲלוּ זִפִים אֶל ־ שָׁאוּל הַגִּבְעָתָה לֵאמֹר הֲלוֹא דָוִד מִסְתַּתֵּר עִמָּנוּ בַמְּצָדוֹת בַּחֹרְשָׁה בְּגִבְעַת הַֽחֲכִילָה אֲשֶׁר מִימִין הַיְשִׁימֽוֹן ׃

Psalms 54:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינֹת מַשְׂכִּיל לְדָוִֽד ׃

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 26:1

David's troubles from Saul here begin again; and the clouds return after the rain, when one would have hoped the storm had blown over, and the sky had cleared upon that side; but after Saul had owned his fault in persecuting David, and acknowledged David's title to the crown, yet here he revives the persecution, so perfectly lost was he to all sense of honour and virtue. I. The Ziphites informed him where David was ( ver. 1 ), and thereupon he marched out with a considerable force in quest of him, ver. 2, 3 . II.… Read the whole commentary →

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