4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
1 The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, |Doesn't David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?|
2 Then 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 Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
5 David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped around him.
6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, |Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?| Abishai said, |I will go down with you.|
26:4he sent out scouts and learned that Saul had definitely arrived.
26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
26:4He sent spies, and learned that he was most certainly come thither.
26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.
26:4David sent out spies, and learned that Saul was certainly come.
26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.
26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had come in very deed.
26:4and David sendeth spies, and knoweth that Saul hath come unto Nachon,
26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.