1 Samuel 26:15

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David said to Abner, Aren't you a [valiant] man? and who is like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord.

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Gibeah was Saul’s hometown and royal base in Benjamin, while Ziph and its surrounding wilderness lay in Judah’s rugged southern hill country near Jeshimon, the desert wasteland toward the Dead Sea. These locations frame Saul’s pursuit of David and David’s restrained approach to Saul’s camp.

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1 Samuel 26:15 mentions Gibeah, Jeshimon, Wilderness of Ziph and Ziph.

Photo of Gibeah — Gibeah · Eli.berckovitz

Photo of Jeshimon — Jeshimon · Nir Yariv

Photo of Wilderness of Ziph — Wilderness of Ziph · hatul