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1 Samuel 26:3

And 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.

KJV

Et castrametatus est Saul in Gabaa Hachila, quæ erat ex adverso solitudinis in via : David autem habitabat in deserto. Videns autem quod venisset Saul post se in desertum,

Vulgate

καὶ παρενέβαλεν Σαοὺλ ἐν τῷ βουνῷ τοῦ Ἑχελὰ ἐπὶ προσώπου τοῦ Ἰεσσαιμοὺ ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ, καὶ Δαυεὶδ ἐκάθισεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· καὶ εἶδεν Δαυεὶδ ὅτι ἥκει Σαοὺλ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν ἔρημον.

LXX

And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

ASV

וַ/יִּ֨חַן שָׁא֜וּל בְּ/גִבְעַ֣ת הַ/חֲכִילָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֛ר עַל פְּנֵ֥י הַ/יְשִׁימֹ֖ן עַל הַ/דָּ֑רֶךְ וְ/דָוִד֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֔ר וַ/יַּ֕רְא כִּ֣י בָ֥א שָׁא֛וּל אַחֲרָ֖י/ו הַ/מִּדְבָּֽרָ/ה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גְּבָע֖וֹת
gb'vt
noun · 70×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
ו
v
noun · 717×
חֲכִילָ֔ה
chkylh
proper_noun · 3×
יְשִׁימֹֽן
yshymn
noun · 13×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יַּחֲנ֖וּ
ychnv
verb · 143×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שָׁא֔וּל
sh'vl
proper_noun · 404×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 23:19 — Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?