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Ziph
Town or city mentioned in 8 verses of the Bible, most often in 1 Samuel.
Where it appears
1 Samuel (6), Joshua (1), 2 Chronicles (1)
Key verses
- Joshua 15:55 first mention — Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
- 1 Samuel 23:14 — 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.
- 1 Samuel 23:15 — And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
- 1 Samuel 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?
- 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.
- 1 Samuel 26:1 — And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
- 1 Samuel 26:2 — 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.
- 2 Chronicles 11:8 — And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
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