1 Samuel 23:26

David Eludes Saul's Pursuit

²⁵ Then Saul and his men went to search for him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed [there] in the Wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard it, he pursued David in the Wilderness of Maon. ²⁶ Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David was hurrying to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to capture them. ²⁷ But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, because the Philistines have attacked the land.”

David

Saul

Psalm 17:9

From the wicked who despoil and deal violently with me,
My deadly enemies who surround me.

1 Samuel 19:12

So Michal let David down through the window, and he fled and escaped.

1 Samuel 20:38

And Jonathan called out after the boy, “Hurry, be quick, do not stay!” So Jonathan’s boy picked up the arrow and came back to his master.

2 Samuel 15:14

David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, let us flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom! Go in haste, or he will overtake us quickly and bring disaster on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

2 Samuel 17:21-22

After they left, Jonathan and Ahimaaz came up out of the well and went and informed King David, and said to David, “Arise and cross over the Jordan River quickly, for Ahithophel has advised [an attack] against you.”

2 Chronicles 20:12

O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless against this great multitude which is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You.”

Psalm 17:11

They track us down and have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to force us to the ground,

Psalm 22:12

Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

Psalm 22:16

For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced my hands and my feet.

Psalm 31:22

As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from Your eyes.”
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests)
When I cried to You [for help].

Psalm 118:11-13

They encompassed me, yes, they surrounded me [on every side];
In the name of the Lord I will cut them off.

Psalm 140:1-9

Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men;
Protect me from violent men.

2 Corinthians 1:8

For we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about our trouble in [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor], how we were utterly weighed down, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life [itself].

Revelation 20:9

And they swarmed up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints (God’s people) and the beloved city [Jerusalem]; but fire came down from heaven and consumed them.