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The Ziphites come up to Saul to Gibeah and tell where David hides

십 사람들이 기브아의 사울에게 나아와 다윗이 숨은 곳을 말함

1 Samuel 23:19–24: then the Ziphites come up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert? Now therefore, O king, come down. According to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part will be to deliver him up into the king’s hand.” Saul says, “You are blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me. Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I have been told that he is very cunning. See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself; and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you. It shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.” They arise, and go to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men are in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert. The Korean Revised Version gives Saul’s first words at 23:21 as a wish, 여호와께 복 받기를 원하노라.

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1SA 23:19–24, engwebp
¹⁹Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
²⁰Now therefore, O king, come down. According to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part will be to deliver him up into the king’s hand.”
²¹Saul said, “You are blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me.
²²Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I have been told that he is very cunning.
²³See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself; and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you. It shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”
²⁴They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
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Saul (son of Kish) — Took part in — The Ziphites come up to Saul to Gibeah and tell where David hides

Evidence: 1 Samuel 23:19–24
David — Took part in — The Ziphites come up to Saul to Gibeah and tell where David hides

Evidence: 1 Samuel 23:19–24
The Ziphites come up to Saul to Gibeah and tell where David hides — Narrated location — Gibeah

Evidence: 1 Samuel 23:19–24
The Ziphites come up to Saul to Gibeah and tell where David hides — Narrated location — Ziph

Evidence: 1 Samuel 23:19–24
The Ziphites come up to Saul to Gibeah and tell where David hides — Narrated location — Maon

Evidence: 1 Samuel 23:19–24

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Entry: The Ziphites come up to Saul to Gibeah and tell where David hides (event-1sa-23-the-ziphites-come-to-saul)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/1sa-23-the-ziphites-come-to-saul
Current wording: 1 Samuel 23:19–24: then the Ziphites come up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert? Now therefore, O king, come down. According to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part will be to deliver him up into the king’s hand.” Saul says, “You are blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me. Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I have been told that he is very cunning. See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself; and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you. It shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.” They arise, and go to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men are in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert. The Korean Revised Version gives Saul’s first words at 23:21 as a wish, 여호와께 복 받기를 원하노라.
Cited evidence: 1SA 23:19–24, engwebp
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