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1 Samuel 26:3

in 1 Samuel 26

Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

KJV

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.

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This verse in 1 Samuel 26

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

David abode in the wilderness

on 1 Samuel 26:3-5

David sends spies rather than act on a report alone, then goes himself to see the ground before he decides anything. He finds Saul asleep inside the ring of wagons that formed the camp's night defense, Abner the captain lying at his side, and the whole army pitched around them. The picture sets up the chapter's question: two men lie within reach of each other, and only one of them will ask what he may lawfully do about it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way,....

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּ֨חַןand he encamped

    vaiyichanH2583 →143 times

  • שָׁא֜וּלSaul

    shaulH7586 →402 times

  • בְּגִבְעַ֣תon [the] hill of

    begivatH1389 →68 times

  • הַחֲכִילָ֗ה<the> Hakilah

    hachakhilahH2444 →3 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֛רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עַל־[was] on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of

    peneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הַיְשִׁימֹ֖ן<the> Jeshimon

    hayshimonH3452 →13 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַדָּ֑רֶךְthe way

    hadarekhH1870 →707 times

  • וְדָוִד֙and David

    vedavidH1732 →999 times

  • יֹשֵׁ֣ב[was] dwelling

    yoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • בַּמִּדְבָּ֔רin the wilderness

    bamidbarH4057 →270 times

  • וַיַּ֕רְאand he saw

    vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times

  • כִּ֣יthat

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • בָ֥אhe had come

    va'H935 →2568 times

  • שָׁא֛וּלSaul

    shaulH7586 →402 times

  • אַחֲרָ֖יוafter him

    ʾacharavH310 →715 times

  • הַמִּדְבָּֽרָה׃the wilderness towards

    hamidbarahH4057 →270 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

7 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 23:19

    Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 26:1

      Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”

    • Psalms 54:1–7

      Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Samuel 22:7–8

      Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?

    • Proverbs 29:12

      If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 26:1

    Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 23:19

      Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?

    • Joshua 15:55

      Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

    • Joshua 15:24

      Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

About 1 Samuel

David Slays Goliath, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Slays Goliath, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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