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Ziph

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Named at 1 Samuel 23:14: “David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.” At 23:15–18 David is in the wilderness of Ziph in the woods, and Jonathan, Saul’s son, goes to David into the woods, and they both make a covenant before the LORD. At 23:19–24 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?”, and they arise, and go to Ziph before Saul. At 1 Samuel 26:1 the Ziphites come to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?”, and 26:2 says that Saul went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

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1SA 23:14–18, engwebp
¹⁴David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.
¹⁵David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the woods.
¹⁶Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
¹⁷He said to him, “Don’t be afraid, for the hand of Saul my father won’t find you; and you will be king over Israel, and I will be next to you; and Saul my father knows that also.”
¹⁸They both made a covenant before the LORD. Then David stayed in the woods and Jonathan went to his house.
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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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1SA 26:1–4, engwebp
¹The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?”
²Then Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
³Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
⁴David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
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2CH 11:6–10, engwebp
⁶He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
⁷Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
⁸Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
⁹Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
¹⁰Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Ziph 1” by name and 4 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Tell Zif (confidence 760 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.

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Tell Zif
OpenBible.info confidence 760 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.47475, 35.13514
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Ziph 1” (CC BY 4.0)

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Narrated location (3) — Jonathan, Saul’s son, goes to David into the woods, and the two make a covenant before the LORD, The Ziphites come up to Saul to Gibeah and tell where David hides, Saul goes down to the wilderness of Ziph and encamps in the hill of Hachilah by the way

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1 Samuel 23:14 Open that verse

David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:15 Open that verse

David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the woods.

1 Samuel 23:24 Open that verse

They 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.

1 Samuel 26:2 Open that verse

Then Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

2 Chronicles 11:8 Open that verse

Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

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Entry: Ziph (place-ziph)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/ziph
Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 23:14: “David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.” At 23:15–18 David is in the wilderness of Ziph in the woods, and Jonathan, Saul’s son, goes to David into the woods, and they both make a covenant before the LORD. At 23:19–24 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?”, and they arise, and go to Ziph before Saul. At 1 Samuel 26:1 the Ziphites come to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?”, and 26:2 says that Saul went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
Cited evidence: 1SA 23:14–18, engwebp / 1SA 23:19–24, engwebp / 1SA 26:1–4, engwebp / 2CH 11:6–10, engwebp
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