Ziph
City
A city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:55), identified with the uninhabited ruins of Tell ez-Zif, about 5 miles south-east of Hebron. Here David hid himself during his wanderings (1 Sam. 23:19; Ps. 54, title).
Named in 6 verses
- Joshua 15:55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Jutah,
- 1 Samuel 23:14 David 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
- 1 Samuel 23:15 David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the woods.
- 1 Samuel 23:24 They 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 26:2 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.
- 2 Chronicles 11:8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,