Scripture · Old Testament

1 Samuel 24:1

1 Samuel 24:1 is verse 1 of 1 Samuel chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”

King James Version

And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.

World English Bible

When Saul had returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.”

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1 Samuel 24:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”

2 So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

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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Hebrew words

וַיְהִ֗יand it was כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙just when שָׁ֣בhe returned שָׁא֔וּלSaul מֵאַחֲרֵ֖יfrom after פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים[the] Philistines וַיַּגִּ֤דוּand people told לוֹ֙to <the> him לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying הִנֵּ֣הthere!דָוִ֔דDavid בְּמִדְבַּ֖ר[is] in [the] wilderness ofעֵ֥יןגֶּֽדִיGedi

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Samuel 23:28
So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.

1 Samuel 23:29
And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.

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?

Proverbs 25:5
Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

Ezekiel 22:9
Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.

Hosea 7:3
They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.

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