Holy Scripture

1 Samuel 23:13

A church father on this verse
“David therefore arose, etc. Woe, however, to that soul, woe to the city, which the word of God, leaving behind, wanders here and there, uncertain where, in whose heart to settle and find rest. "Foxes," he says, "have dens, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head" (Matthew VIII);…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Samuel

Source: Septuagint

Original

13And David arose, and the men with him, in number about four hundred, and they went forth from Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go: and it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, and he forbore to come.

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In context

11Will the place be shut up? and now will Saul come down, as thy servant has heard? Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, It will be shut up.

— 1 Samuel 23:13 —

14And he dwelt in Messara in the wilderness, in the narrow passes; and dwelt in the wilderness in Mount Ziph, in the dry country. And Saul sought him continually, but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.

15And David perceived that Saul went forth to seek David; and David was in the dry mountain in the New Ziph.

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