14 David then stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph.(A) Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.(B)

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David’s Narrow Escape

19 Some Ziphites(A) came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “David is[a] hiding among us in the strongholds in Horesh on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:19 Lit Is David not . . . Jeshimon?

Then David took up residence in the stronghold; therefore, it was called the city of David.

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16 he will dwell on the heights;
his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,
his food provided, his water assured.

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41 The towns have[a] been captured,
and the strongholds seized.
In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors
will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:41 Or Kerioth has

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