1 Samuel 23:24
22 Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
23 Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
25 and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
26 Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
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
- So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
- KJV
- And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
- WEB
- They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
- ASV
- And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
- DARBY
- And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of the waste.
- BLB
- And they arose and went to Ziph before the face of Saul. And David and his men [were] in the Wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
- ÅB
- Så brøt de opp og dro til Sif forut for Saul; men David og hans menn var da i Maons ørken, på den øde mark sønnenfor ørkenen.
- OTB
- Så dro de ut og gikk til Zif foran Saul. Nå var David og hans menn i Maons ørken, i Arabah sør for Jeshimon.
- B1930
- Så brøt de op og drog til Sif forut for Saul; men David og hans menn var da i Maons ørken, på den øde mark sønnenfor ørkenen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 25:2
Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
Read in contextJoshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
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