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Saul camped by the road on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon, but David was staying in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had come to the wilderness to find[a] him, David sent scouts and verified that Saul had indeed arrived.[b]

So David set out and went to the place where Saul was camped. David saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general in command of his army, were sleeping. Now Saul was lying in the entrenchment, and the army was camped all around him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 26:3 tn Heb “after.”
  2. 1 Samuel 26:4 tn Heb “and David sent scouts and he knew that Saul had certainly come.”