1 Samuel
King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 26:4
“David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.”
King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 26:4 Context
1And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? 2Then 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. 3And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. 5And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. 6Then 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? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. 7So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
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Other Translations
Dauid therefore sent out spies, and vnderstood that Saul was come in very deed.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
David sent out spies, and he knew that Saul was definitely coming.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.
- Basic English Bible
David sent out spies, and learned that Saul was certainly come.
- Darby Bible
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had come in very deed.
- Webster's Bible
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
- World English Bible
and David sendeth spies, and knoweth that Saul hath come unto Nachon,
- Youngs Literal Bible
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
David sent out spies, and he knew that Saul was definitely coming.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.
- Basic English Bible
David sent out spies, and learned that Saul was certainly come.
- Darby Bible
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had come in very deed.
- Webster's Bible
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
- World English Bible
and David sendeth spies, and knoweth that Saul hath come unto Nachon,
- Youngs Literal Bible
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 26:4
26:5 The Ziphites - Probably Saul would have pursued David no more, had not these wretches set him on.
26:6 Zerujah - David's sister. His father is not named either because he was now dead; or because he was an obscure person.