Wilderness of Ziph

Type Place

A wilderness region surrounding a town of the same name, near Hebron in the territory of Judah.

    Ziphites

    Key References

    1 Samuel 23:14

    And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.

    1 Samuel 23:15

    While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.

    All Scripture References (8)

    Joshua (1)
    Joshua 15:55

    Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

    1 Samuel (6)
    1 Samuel 23:14

    And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.

    1 Samuel 23:15

    While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.

    1 Samuel 23:19

    Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?

    1 Samuel 23:24

    So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,

    1 Samuel 26:1

    Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”

    1 Samuel 26:2

    So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.

    Psalms (1)
    Psalm 54:2

    Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.