¹⁹ The Ziphites^(A) went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us^(B) in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah,^(C) south of Jeshimon?

David Again Spares Saul’s Life

26 The Ziphites^(A) went to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding^(B) on the hill of Hakilah, which faces Jeshimon?^(C)”

³ Saul made his camp beside the road on the hill of Hakilah^(A) facing Jeshimon, but David stayed in the wilderness. When he saw that Saul had followed him there,

Psalm 54^[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil^[b] of David. When the Ziphites^(A) had gone to Saul and said, “Is not David hiding among us?”

⁷ He said to them, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders^(A) of thousands and commanders of hundreds? ⁸ Is that why you have all conspired^(B) against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant^(C) with the son of Jesse.^(D) None of you is concerned^(E) about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.”