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1 Samuel 23:14-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Samuel 23:14-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but the Lord[a] did not give him into his hand.(A)
David Eludes Saul in the Wilderness
15 David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh when he learned that[b] Saul had come out to seek his life. 16 Saul’s son Jonathan set out and came to David at Horesh; there he strengthened his hand through the Lord.[c](B) 17 He said to him, “Do not be afraid, for the hand of my father Saul shall not find you; you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be second to you; my father Saul also knows that this is so.”(C) 18 Then the two of them made a covenant before the Lord; David remained at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.(D)
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1 Samuel 23:14-18
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1 Samuel 23:14-18
New International Version
14 David stayed in the wilderness(A) strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph.(B) Day after day Saul searched(C) for him, but God did not(D) give David into his hands.
15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that[a] Saul had come out to take his life.(E) 16 And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength(F) in God. 17 “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “My father Saul will not lay a hand on you. You will be king(G) over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this.” 18 The two of them made a covenant(H) before the Lord. Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 23:15 Or he was afraid because
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