1 Samuel 23:14

23:14 David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the desert of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, ¹  but God did not deliver David ²  into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:29

23:29 (24:1) ³  Then David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En Gedi.

1 Samuel 24:22

24:22 David promised Saul this on oath. ⁴  Then Saul went to his house, and David and his men went up to the stronghold.

[23:14]  ¹ tn Heb “all the days.”

[23:14]  ² tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:29]  ³ sn Beginning with 23:29, the verse numbers through 24:22 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 23:29 ET = 24:1 HT, 24:1 ET = 24:2 HT, 24:2 ET = 24:3 HT, etc., through 24:22 ET = 24:23 HT. With 25:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[24:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “and David swore an oath to Saul.”