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And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: And David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. 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? Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.-1 Samuel 23:14-20***David stayed in deserts, caves and wooded areas when he was on the run from King Saul. Years earlier, when Samuel the priest, prophet and judge was elderly, and Samuel's sons Abiah and Joel (Vashni) were wicked, and King Nahash and his fellow Ammonites were preparing to attack, the Israelite elders demanded that Samuel appoint a king to lead them. Samuel prayed to the Lord God, and proclaimed the words of the Lord God to the Israelites, and the Lord God sent Samuel to anoint Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, to reign as king over the Israelites in the Promised Land. Saul did not obey the commands of the Lord God. While Saul reigned, the Lord God sent Samuel to anoint David, from the tribe of Judah, to reign as king. Sometime thereafter, while David worked as a shepherd for his elderly father Jesse, David began working as a musician and an armor-bearer for Saul. After David killed and beheaded Goliath the gigantic Philistine, David was in Saul's service full-time. Jonathan, Saul's son, made a covenant with David, the Israelite women sang of David higher than they sang of Saul, and Saul was angry. Saul wanted to kill David and wanted others, including Jonathan, to kill David. Saul's daughter Michal married David and helped him escape from their home.  David stayed in deserts, caves and wooded areas. Doeg, the Edomite was a top worker during Saul's reign and was distantly related to Saul, David and their fellow Israelites. The Israelites descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), their son Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). Doeg was descended from Isaac and Rebekah's oldest fraternal twin son Esau (Edom). Doeg previously told Saul about seeing David in the city of Nob. When David and his men were staying in Ziph, in the portion of the Promised Land allotted to the tribe of Judah, Jonathan visited David. The men of Ziph went to tell Saul that David was in their land.-Genesis 11:27-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 23:7-8, 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 15:1-63, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1:1-2:12, 1 Chronicles 1:1-2:17, 3:1-4:43, 8:1-40, 9:35-29:30, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

                   
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And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? 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.-1 Samuel 26:1-2***Many of the Israelites living in Ziph were from the tribe of Judah, the birth tribe of David.  However, the Ziphites' allegiance was to King Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin. After the Philistines killed Jonathan and his brothers Abinadab (Ishui?) and Malchishua, and Saul's self-inflicted death on the same battlefield, men from the tribe of Judah anointed 30-year-old David, and David began to reign only over the tribe of Judah. Saul's son Ishbosheth (Eshbaal) reigned over the other Israelite tribes. Sometime after Ishbosheth was murdered, the Israelite elders went to David and David made a covenant with them. The elders anointed David, and 37 1/2-year-old-David became the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites. Over 900 years after Solomon, the 2nd son born to David and Bathsheba, became the 3rd king to reign over all of the Israelites, and 70-year-old David died, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 15:1-63, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1:1-11:43, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-55, 3:1-4:43, 8:1-40, 9:35-29:30, 2 Chronicles 1:1-9:31, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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