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1 Samuel 23:24

And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.

KJV

At illi surgentes abierunt in Ziph ante Saul : David autem et viri ejus erant in deserto Maon, in campestribus ad dexteram Jesimon.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀνέστησαν οἱ Ζειφαῖοι καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἔμπροσθεν Σαούλ· καὶ Δαυεὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῇ Μαὰν καθ’ ἑσπέραν ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Ἰεσσαιμού.

LXX

And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

ASV

וַ/יָּק֛וּמוּ וַ/יֵּלְכ֥וּ זִ֖יפָ/ה לִ/פְנֵ֣י שָׁא֑וּל וְ/דָוִ֨ד וַ/אֲנָשָׁ֜י/ו בְּ/מִדְבַּ֤ר מָעוֹן֙ בָּ/עֲרָבָ֔ה אֶ֖ל יְמִ֥ין הַ/יְשִׁימֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In this verse

People SaulDavid
Places Maon

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
וֹ
v
noun · 141×
זִ֑יף
zyp
proper_noun · 10×
יְשִׁימֹֽן
yshymn
noun · 13×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
מָע֑וֹן
m'vn
proper_noun · 8×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
עַֽרְבֹ֣ת
'rbt
noun · 61×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שָׁא֔וּל
sh'vl
proper_noun · 404×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 25:2 — And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
  • 1Sam 25:2 — And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
  • Josh 15:24 — Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
  • Josh 15:55 — Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,