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1 Samuel 24:3

Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.

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ASV

And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.

KJV

And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַ֠יָּבֹאVai.ya.vo'and he cameH935 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
גִּדְר֨וֹתgid.Rot[the] folds ofH1448 →
הַצֹּ֤אןha.Tzonthe sheepH6629 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ha.De.rekhthe wayH1870 →
וְשָׁ֣םve.Shamand [was] thereH8033 →
מְעָרָ֔הme.'a.Raha caveH4631 →
וַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'and he wentH935 →
שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586 →
לְהָסֵ֣ךְle.ha.Sekhto coverH5526 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
רַגְלָ֑יוrag.Lavfeet hisH7272 →
וְדָוִד֙ve.da.Vidand DavidH1732 →
וַאֲנָשָׁ֔יוva.'a.na.Shavand men hisH582 →
בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֥יbe.yar.ke.Teiin [the] innermost parts ofH3411 →
הַמְּעָרָ֖הha.me.'a.Rahthe caveH4631 →
יֹשְׁבִֽים׃yo.she.Vim[were] sittingH3427 →

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Psalms 142:1I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.Judges 3:24After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.Psalms 57:1Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.Psalms 142:1–7I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.Psalms 57:1–11Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.Psalms 141:6When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.1 Samuel 13:6Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.Jonah 1:5The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.Joshua 10:16Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.Jeremiah 41:9Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.2 Samuel 17:9Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’Ezekiel 33:27Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

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David Shows Saul How He Spared His Life — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Shows Saul How He Spared His Life — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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