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A wilderness area where David hid from Saul

Horesh

Named in 4 verses of 1 Samuel, first in 1 Samuel 23:15.

חֹ֫רֶשׁHoresh

About Horesh Written by AI

Horesh was a wilderness area in Judah where David sought refuge from King Saul (1Sa.23.15-19). While David was in the wilderness of Ziph, he learned that Saul was pursuing him. Jonathan, Saul's son and David's friend, visited David at Horesh and encouraged him, affirming that David would become the next king of Israel. The Ziphites later informed Saul of David's location, but David escaped before Saul could capture him. The exact location of Horesh is not specified, but it was likely in the vicinity of Ziph, southeast of Hebron.

Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.

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Where the Bible names it

  1. 1 Samuel 23:15

    While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.

  2. 1 Samuel 23:16

    And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

  3. 1 Samuel 23:18

    So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

  4. 1 Samuel 23:19

    Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.