Ziph

Identified as

Wilderness of Ziph

Certainty

Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)

Coordinates

31.475° N, 35.135° E

Ziph (Place)· Ziphite

• זִיף·Ziph
• זִיפִי·Ziph

Includes 4 verses that refer to Ziph without naming it.

1. Joshua 15:55
   Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
2. 1 Samuel 23:14
   And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
3. 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.
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?
5. 1 Samuel 23:20Referred to, not named
   Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”
6. 1 Samuel 23:21Referred to, not named
   “May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
7. 1 Samuel 23:22Referred to, not named
   Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
8. 1 Samuel 23:23Referred to, not named
   Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
9. 1 Samuel 23:24
   So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
10. 1 Samuel 26:1
    Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
11. 1 Samuel 26:2
    So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
12. 1 Chronicles 2:42
    The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.
13. 2 Chronicles 11:8
    Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
14. Psalm 54:1
    For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites went to Saul and said, “Is David not hiding among us?” Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!