1 Samuel 23:23
1 Samuel · Old Testament · Chapter 23
“See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.”1 Samuel 23:23
What Does 1 Samuel 23:23 Mean?
1 Samuel 23:23 is found in the book of 1 Samuel, chapter 23, verse 23 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Samuel 23:23 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 63:1“O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;”1 Samuel 24:11“Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.”Psalms 35:4“Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.”Exodus 14:3“For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.”Numbers 1:16“These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.”Numbers 10:36“And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.”1 Samuel 23:3“And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”1 Samuel 26:2“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.”2 Samuel 17:8“For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.”2 Samuel 17:11“Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.”2 Samuel 17:12“So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.”1 Kings 18:10“As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.”Psalms 10:8“He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.”Proverbs 1:16“For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.”Micah 5:2“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”Mark 14:1“After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.”Mark 14:10“And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.”John 18:2“And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.”Romans 3:15“Their feet are swift to shed blood:”Hebrews 11:38“(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.”
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