KJV King James Version
Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
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1 Samuel 26:2
Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
WEB World English Bible
Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
ASV American Standard Version
Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Saul riseth, and goeth down unto the wilderness of Ziph, and with him three thousand men, chosen ones of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 26
1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, [which is] before Jeshimon?
2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
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וַיָּ֣קָםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiשָׁא֗וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulוַיֵּ֙רֶד֙H3381 · ya.radto go downאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מִדְבַּר־H4057 · mid.barmouthזִ֔יףH2128 · ziphZiphוְאִתּ֛וֹH854 · etwithשְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־H7969 · sha.loshthreeאֲלָפִ֥יםH505 · e.lephthousandאִ֖ישׁH376 · ishmanבְּחוּרֵ֣יH977 · ba.charto chooseיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelלְבַקֵּ֥שׁH1245 · ba.qashto seekאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דָּוִ֖דH1732 · da.vidDavidבְּמִדְבַּר־H4057 · mid.barmouthזִֽיף׃H2128 · ziphZiph
Cross-references
1 Samuel 24:2Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.1 Samuel 13:2Saul chose him three thousand [men] of Israel; [whereof] two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.1 Samuel 23:23-25See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.Psalm 38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.Psalm 140:4-9Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.1 Samuel 24:17And he said to David, Thou [art] more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
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