1 Samuel 26:2

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Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

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Gibeah was Saul’s hometown and royal base in Benjamin, while Ziph and its wilderness lay in the rugged Judean hill country south of Hebron, near Jeshimon, the desolate area toward the Dead Sea. These places frame Saul’s renewed pursuit of David in an exposed wilderness setting.

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1 Samuel 26:2 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