1 Samuel 26:1-3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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] 2} So Saul rose and went down to the Wilderness of Ziph, with three thousand chosen men of Israel, to seek David in the Wilderness of Ziph. ³ Saul encamped on the hill of Hachilah, which is opposite Jeshimon^[b] beside the road. But David remained in the wilderness. When he learned that Saul had come after him into the wilderness,