1 Samuel 24:1

New International Version

David Spares Saul’s Life

24 ^[a]After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi.^(A)”

Footnotes

1 Samuel 24:1 In Hebrew texts 24:1-22 is numbered 24:2-23.

1 Samuel 24:1 in all English translations

1 Samuel 23:28-29

New International Version

²⁸Then Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why they call this place Sela Hammahlekoth.^[a] ²⁹And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds^(A) of En Gedi.^[b]^(B)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

1 Samuel 23:28 Sela Hammahlekoth means rock of parting.
1 Samuel 23:29 In Hebrew texts this verse (23:29) is numbered 24:1.

Hosea 7:3

New International Version

³“They delight the king with their wickedness,
the princes with their lies.^(A)

Read full chapter

Hosea 7:3 in all English translations

Ezekiel 22:9

New International Version

⁹In you are slanderers^(A) who are bent on shedding blood;^(B) in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines^(C) and commit lewd acts.^(D)

Read full chapter

Ezekiel 22:9 in all English translations

Proverbs 29:12

New International Version

¹²If a ruler^(A) listens to lies,
all his officials become wicked.^(B)

Read full chapter

Proverbs 29:12 in all English translations

Proverbs 25:5

New International Version

⁵remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,^(A)
and his throne will be established^(B) through righteousness.^(C)

Read full chapter

Proverbs 25:5 in all English translations

1 Samuel 23:19

New International Version

¹⁹The 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?

Read full chapter

1 Samuel 23:19 in all English translations