1 Samuel 23:15
13 Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.
14 And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
16 And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
17 saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
- KJV
- And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
- WEB
- David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the woods.
- ASV
- And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
- DARBY
- And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
- BLB
- And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. And David [was] in the Wilderness of Ziph in Horesh.
- ÅB
- Men David skjønte at Saul hadde draget ut for å stå ham etter livet. Mens David var i skogen i Sifs ørken,
- OTB
- David innså at Saul hadde kommet ut for å søke hans liv, mens han var i Zifs ørken, ved Horesh.
- B1930
- Men David skjønte at Saul hadde draget ut for å stå ham efter livet. Mens David var i skogen i Sifs ørken,