17 saying, “Don’t be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. You yourself will be king over Israel,(A) and I’ll be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows it is true.”(B) 18 Then the two of them made a covenant in the Lord’s presence.(C) Afterward, David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

David’s Narrow Escape

19 Some Ziphites(D) came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “David is[a] hiding among us in the strongholds in Horesh on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:19 Lit Is David not . . . Jeshimon?

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