1 Samuel 23:13-17

New American Standard Bible

¹³ Then David and his men, ^(A)about six hundred, rose up and departed from Keilah, and they went ^(B)wherever they could go. When it was reported to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up ^[a]the pursuit. ¹⁴ David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of ^(C)Ziph. And Saul searched for him every day, but ^(D)God did not hand him over to him.

Saul Pursues David

¹⁵ Now David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph, at Horesh. ¹⁶ And Jonathan, Saul’s son, set out and went to David at Horesh, and ^[b](E)encouraged him in God. ¹⁷ He said to him, “^(F)Do not be afraid, because the hand of Saul my father will not find you, and you will be king over Israel, and I will be second in command to you; and ^(G)Saul my father knows that as well.”