Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionAnd the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GThe Tziphites came to Sha'ul at Giv'ah, saying, "Is Dawid not hiding himself on the hill of Hakhalah, facing the Yeshimon?"
F.O.G.M
F.O.G MessageThe Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Isn't David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, overlooking the wasteland?"
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThen the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
Footnotes
This is the second betrayal of Dawid by the Tziphites, creating a deliberate narrative echo of 23:19 — the same location, the same informers, the same king. The repetition underscores Dawid's unrelenting vulnerability and YHWH's unrelenting protection. The Yeshimon (יְשִׁימוֹן) is a geographic proper name for the barren steppe south of Hebron, meaning 'desolation.' FOG preserves it as a transliterated place-name; FOG Message renders it descriptively — 'wasteland' — to communicate the bleakness of Dawid's situation to a modern reader.
