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1 Samuel 26:1

DavidSaulGibeahHachilahJeshimon
Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”

2 So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.

3 Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,

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BSB
Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
KJV
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
WEB
The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?”
ASV
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?
DARBY
And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, facing the waste?
BLB
And the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, upon the face of Jeshimon?”
ÅB
Sifittene kom til Saul i Gibea og sa: David holder seg skjult på Kakilahaugen, midt imot ørkenen.
OTB
Sifittene kom til Saul i Gibea og sa, “Holder ikke David seg skjult på Hakilahøyden, som ligger rett overfor Jesjimon?”
B1930
Sifittene kom til Saul i Gibea og sa: David holder sig skjult på Kakilahaugen, midt imot ørkenen.

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