4David sent out spies, and learned that Saul was certainly come.


In Context

1 And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, facing the waste?

2 And 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.

3 And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which faces the waste, by the way side. And David abode in the wilderness; and when he saw that Saul had come after him into the wilderness,

4 David sent out spies, and learned that Saul was certainly come.

5 And David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host; and Saul lay within the wagon-defence, and the people were encamped round about him.

6 And David spake and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

1 Samuel 26:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:4he sent out scouts and learned that Saul had definitely arrived.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:4He sent spies, and learned that he was most certainly come thither.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had come in very deed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:4and David sendeth spies, and knoweth that Saul hath come unto Nachon,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.