1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Samuel 23:14; 1 Samuel 23:15; 1 Samuel 23:24; 1 Samuel 23:25; 1 Samuel 24:1; 1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Samuel 25:4; 1 Samuel 25:14; 1 Samuel 25:21; 1 Samuel 26:2; 1 Samuel 26:3

1 Samuel 17:28

28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”

1 Samuel 23:14

14 David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands.

1 Samuel 23:15

15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that Saul had come out to take his life.

1 Samuel 23:24

24 So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Desert of Maon, in the Arabah south of Jeshimon.

1 Samuel 23:25

25 Saul and his men began the search, and when David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Desert of Maon. When Saul heard this, he went into the Desert of Maon in pursuit of David.

1 Samuel 24:1

1 After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi.”

1 Samuel 25:1

1 Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved down into the Desert of Paran.

1 Samuel 25:4

4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

1 Samuel 25:14

14 One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings, but he hurled insults at them.

1 Samuel 25:21

21 David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good.

1 Samuel 26:2

2 So Saul went down to the Desert of Ziph, with his three thousand select Israelite troops, to search there for David.

1 Samuel 26:3

3 Saul made his camp beside the road on the hill of Hakilah facing Jeshimon, but David stayed in the wilderness. When he saw that Saul had followed him there,