16And Saul's son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God.


In Context

13 So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.

14 David stayed in the desert strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands.

15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that Saul had come out to take his life.

16 And Saul's son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God.

17 "Don't be afraid," he said. "My father Saul will not lay a hand on you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this."

18 The two of them made a covenant before the Lord . Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.

1st Samuel 23:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jonathan the son of Saul arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hands in God: and he said to him:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.