David Spares Saul’s Life a Second Time

26 Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “David is in hiding on the hill of Hachilah, which is opposite Jeshimon.”^[a](A)

¹⁹ Then some Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “David is hiding among us in the strongholds of Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon.^(A)

Psalm 54

Prayer for Vindication

To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “David is in hiding among us.”

³ Saul encamped on the hill of Hachilah, which is opposite Jeshimon,^[a] beside the road. But David remained in the wilderness. When he learned that Saul had come after him into the wilderness,

⁵⁵ Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

²⁴ Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,