The Meaning of 1 Samuel 23:15 Explained

1 Samuel 23:15

KJV: And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

YLT: And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David is in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.

Darby: And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

ASV: And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 23:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David [was] in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

What does 1 Samuel 23:15 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 23:15-29 - A Relentless Pursuit Foiled

Amid outward strife, God is sure to provide some rill of human love-a tender friendship, a Jonathan. See Psalms 106:46. This is the mission of a friend-to strengthen our hands in God, whisper words of hope, and enter into renewed covenants with us. Is not this what our best Friend does? He finds us out in the deepest woods, and whispers His Fear not. There is no hunted soul to whom Jesus will not come to pour in the oil and wine of His presence.

Let us always strengthen our friends' hands in God. We sometimes weaken their good resolutions by our timid entreaties, as Peter did when he urged the Lord to spare Himself, Matthew 16:22. No, you must always help your friend to be his noblest and strongest. The angel strengthened the Redeemer in the garden. The one word for us to pass on is, "O man, greatly beloved, fear not; peace be unto thee; be strong, yea, be strong," Daniel 10:19.

The Ziphites made a direct bid for Saul's favor, but their plot miscarried. When a man puts his life into God's hands, he has no need to fear "the arrow by day nor the terror by night." Whatever difficulties threaten him, there is ever a way of escape. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 23

¹ David, enquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, rescues Keilah
⁷ God showing him the coming of Saul, and the treachery of the Keilites,
¹³ he escapes from Keilah
¹⁴ In Ziph Jonathan comes and comforts him
¹⁹ The Ziphites discover him to Saul
²⁵ At Maon he is rescued from Saul by the invasion of the Philistines
²⁹ He dwells at En Gedi

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 23:15 mean?

So saw David that had come out Saul to seek - his life and David [was] in the Wilderness of Ziph in Horesh -

וַיַּ֣רְא דָוִ֔ד‪‬ כִּֽי־ יָצָ֥א שָׁא֖וּל לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אֶת־ נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וְדָוִ֥ד בְּמִדְבַּר־ זִ֖יף בַּחֹֽרְשָׁה ס

וַיַּ֣רְא	So saw
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
דָוִ֔ד‪‬	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
כִּֽי־	that
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יָצָ֥א	had come out
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: יׄוצֵאת Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
שָׁא֖וּל	Saul
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ	to seek
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct Root: בָּקַשׁ Sense: to seek, require, desire, exact, request.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
נַפְשׁ֑וֹ	his life
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
וְדָוִ֥ד	and David [was]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
בְּמִדְבַּר־	in the Wilderness
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מִדְבָּר Sense: wilderness.
זִ֖יף	of Ziph
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: זִיף Sense: a son of Jehaleleel, a descendant of Judah, and brother of Ziphah.
בַּחֹֽרְשָׁה	in Horesh
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: חֹרֶשׁ Sense: wood, wooded height, forest, wooded area.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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