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1 Samuel 23:14

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּ֨שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he dweltH3427 →
דָּוִ֤דda.VidDavidH1732 →
בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057 →
בַּמְּצָד֔וֹתba.me.tza.Dotin the strongholdsH4679 →
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he dweltH3427 →
בָּהָ֖רba.Harin the hill countryH2022 →
בְּמִדְבַּר־be.mid.bar-in [the] wilderness ofH4057 →
זִ֑יףZifZiphH2128 →
וַיְבַקְשֵׁ֤הוּvay.vak.She.huand he sought himH1245 →
שָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlSaulH7586 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַיָּמִ֔יםhai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
נְתָנ֥וֹne.ta.Nohe gave himH5414 →
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
בְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.Doin hand hisH3027 →

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Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!Psalms 54:3–4For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. SelahPsalms 32:7You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. SelahJoshua 15:24Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,Joshua 15:55Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,1 Samuel 24:11See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?2 Timothy 3:11my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.Joshua 2:16“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.Psalms 11:1–3In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!2 Timothy 4:17–18But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.1 Samuel 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.Jeremiah 36:26Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.Psalms 37:32–33Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

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