1 Samuel 23:15
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And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life. And David was in the desert of Ziph, in a wood.

strengthened

Deuteronomy 3:28 Command Josue, and encourage and strengthen him: for he shall go before this people, and shall divide unto them the land which thou shalt see.

Nehemiah 2:18 And I shewed them how the hand of my God was good with me, and the king's words, which he had spoken to me, and I said: Let us rise up, and build. And their hands were strengthened in good.

Job 4:3,4 Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands: . . .

Job 16:5 I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you.

Proverbs 27:9,17 Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul. . . .

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society: . . .

Isaiah 35:3,4 Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees. . . .

Ezekiel 13:22 Because with lies you have made the heart of the just to mourn, whom I have not made sorrowful: and have strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his evil way, and live.

Luke 22:32,43 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren. . . .

Ephesians 6:10 Finally, brethren, be strengthened in the Lord and in the might of his power.

2 Timothy 2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in Christ Jesus:

Hebrews 12:12,13 Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees: . . .

Context
Saul Pursues David
14But David abode in the desert in strong holds, and he remained in a mountain of the desert of Ziph, in a woody hill. And Saul sought him always: but the Lord delivered him not into his hands. 15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life. And David was in the desert of Ziph, in a wood.16And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose, and went to David, into the wood, and strengthened his hands in God: and he said to him:…
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:14
But David abode in the desert in strong holds, and he remained in a mountain of the desert of Ziph, in a woody hill. And Saul sought him always: but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.

1 Samuel 23:16
And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose, and went to David, into the wood, and strengthened his hands in God: and he said to him:

1 Samuel 26:3
And Saul encamped in Gabaa Hachila, which was over against the wilderness in the way: and David abode in the wilderness. And seeing that Saul was come after him into the wilderness,

Lexicon
While David
דָוִ֔ד‪‬ (ḏā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

was in Horesh
בַּחֹֽרְשָׁה׃ (ba·ḥō·rə·šāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2793: Horesh -- a forest

in the Wilderness
בְּמִדְבַּר־ (bə·miḏ·bar-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

of Ziph,
זִ֖יף (zîp̄)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2128: Ziph -- a son of Judah, also a city Southeast of Hebron and a city in southern Judah

he
וְדָוִ֥ד (wə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

saw
וַיַּ֣רְא (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

Saul
שָׁא֖וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

had come out
יָצָ֥א (yā·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

to take
לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (lə·ḇaq·qêš)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1245: To search out, to strive after

his life.
נַפְשׁ֑וֹ (nap̄·šōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion


Additional Translations
While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

And David perceived that Saul went forth to seek David; and David was in the dry mountain in the New Ziph.

And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David is in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.
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