1 Samuel 23:15
13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
16 And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
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,