¹⁴ David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of ^(A)Ziph. And Saul searched for him every day, but ^(B)God did not hand him over to him.

²³ So look, and learn about all the hiding places where he keeps himself hidden, and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”

²⁰ Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel has come out to search for ^(A)a single flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”