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1 Samuel 26:4

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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,

David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.

5 Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.

6 And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.

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BSB
David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.
KJV
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
WEB
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
ASV
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.
DARBY
David sent out spies, and learned that Saul was certainly come.
BLB
And David sent out spies, and he knew that Saul had come to Nachon.
ÅB
sendte han ut speidere og fikk vite at Saul virkelig var kommet.
OTB
David sendte ut speidere, og han fikk vite med sikkerhet at Saul virkelig hadde kommet.
B1930
sendte han ut speidere og fikk vite at Saul virkelig var kommet.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 10:16

    Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

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  • Joshua 2:1

    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

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