And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David is in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.
And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.
- Author
- Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
- Date
- Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy