1 Samuel 26:5
So then David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped, and David saw the place where Saul was lying, with Abner, son of Ner, prince of his host,—and, Saul, was lying within the circular trench, with, the people, encamped round about him.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4David therefore sent runners,—and took knowledge that Saul had come, for a certainty.
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:1Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name, was Kish—son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, son of a Benjamite,—a mighty man of valour;
1 Samuel 17:20So then David rose up early in the morning, and entrusted the sheep to a keeper, and took up [the provisions] and went his way, as Jesse had commanded him,—and came into the circular rampart, as, the force, was going forth into the ranks, and shouted for the fight.
2 Samuel 2:8But, Abner son of Ner, prince of the host that pertained unto Saul, took Ish-bosheth, son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
2 Samuel 3:27So Abner returned to Hebron, and Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate, to speak with him quietly,—and then smote him there, in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel the brother of Joab.
1 Chronicles 9:39And, Ner, begat Kith, and, Kish, begat Saul,—and, Saul, begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal;
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 26:2-6
Saul Again Pursues David. ( b. c. 1056.) 1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 4 David therefore… Read the whole commentary →