King James Version
1 Samuel 23:24 in the King James Version says “And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the ...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.”
1 Samuel 23:24 · KJV
Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly. haunt: Heb. foot shall be
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
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. into: or, from the rock
And 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.
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“And they arose”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“were in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“in the plain”
H6160a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the jordan and its continuation to the red sea
“on the south”
H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
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