Devine Scripture

1 Samuel 23:25

1 Samuel chapter 23 · verse 25 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heardthat, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heardthat, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

Context

v.24And 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.

v.25This passage

v.26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 15:8

    And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

  • 1 Samuel 23:28

    So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.