They lurk in ambush in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They are always searching for helpless victims.Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets.Their helpless victims are crushed; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye, a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.Their perverted hearts plot evil, and they constantly stir up trouble.
So Saul chose 3,000 elite troops from all Israel and went to search for David and his men near the rocks of the wild goats.At the place where the road passes some sheepfolds, Saul went into a cave to relieve himself. But as it happened, David and his men were hiding farther back in that very cave!
So Saul took 3,000 of Israel’s elite troops and went to hunt him down in the wilderness of Ziph.Saul camped along the road beside the hill of Hakilah, near Jeshimon, where David was hiding. When David learned that Saul had come after him into the wilderness,
