1 Samuel 26:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.”

1 Samuel 26:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Samuel 26:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Samuel 26:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.”

1 Samuel 26:4 — World English Bible

1 Samuel 26:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty. ”

1 Samuel 26:4 — American Standard Version

1 Samuel 26:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and David sendeth spies, and knoweth that Saul hath come unto Nachon,”

1 Samuel 26:4 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Samuel 26:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“David sent out spies, and learned that Saul was certainly come. ”

1 Samuel 26:4 — Darby Translation

1 Samuel 26:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“(For Dauid had sent out spies, and vnderstood, that Saul was come in very deede)”

1 Samuel 26:4 — Geneva Bible

1 Samuel 26:4 in Context — 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.

3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.

5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.

6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

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What Does 1 Samuel 26:4 Mean?

1 Samuel 26:4 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 26. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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