1 Samuel 23:14

¶ 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 {H1732} abode {H3427} in the wilderness {H4057} in strong holds {H4679}, and remained {H3427} in a mountain {H2022} in the wilderness {H4057} of Ziph {H2128}. And Saul {H7586} sought {H1245} him every day {H3117}, but God {H430} delivered {H5414} him not into his hand {H3027}.

David stayed in the desert strongholds, remaining in the hills of the Zif Desert. Sha'ul kept trying to find him, but God did not hand him over to him

And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.

And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
  • Psalms 54:3

    For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
  • Psalms 54:4

    ¶ Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with them that uphold my soul.
  • Psalms 32:7

    ¶ Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
  • Joshua 15:24

    Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
  • Joshua 15:55

    Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
  • 2 Timothy 3:11

    Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of [them] all the Lord delivered me.
  • Romans 8:31

    ¶ What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?

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