Ziph
זִיף · ziph · H2128Hזִיפִי · zi.phi · H2130“this mouth or mouthful; falsehood” Hitchcock's 186910 mentions in 5 books, most in 1 Samuel (6)
Where it is
31.48° N, 35.13° E
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Counted from 10 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
About this place
Ziph was a town in the hill country of Judah, southeast of Hebron (Jos.15.55). The wilderness near Ziph was where David hid from King Saul (1Sa.23.14-15). On two occasions, the Ziphites informed Saul of David's whereabouts (1Sa.23.19; 26:1). In the wilderness of Ziph, David spared Saul's life when he had the opportunity to kill him (1Sa.26.2-12). The town of Ziph is probably to be identified with Tell Zif, about 4 miles southeast of Hebron. Ruins have been found there, along with a spring. Psalm 54 is associated with David's time hiding from Saul in the region of Ziph.
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Every mention
10 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Joshua1 mention
1 Samuel6 mentions
1 Samuel 23:14David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.1 Samuel 23:15David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the woods.1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?1 Samuel 23:24They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.1 Samuel 26:1The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?”1 Samuel 26:2Then 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.
1 Chronicles1 mention
2 Chronicles1 mention
What the dictionary says
Flowing.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · www.openbible.info/geo/
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain