Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
Parallel translations
- WEB Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Jutah,
- KJV Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
- NKJV Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
- NASB Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and Juttah,
- NLT Besides these, there were Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
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Quick answer
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and Jutah are listed in the hill country. Sites from David's wanderings appear here.
Overview
Maon and Carmel were the territory of Nabal and Abigail, and the wilderness of Ziph was where David hid from Saul (1 Samuel 23-25). These hill towns became the backdrop of David's testing before his kingship. God's later dealings with His anointed unfolded across this inherited land.
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- 1 Sam 23:25and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
- 1 Sam 25:2Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
- Josh 15:24Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
- 1 Sam 26:1–2Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
- 1 Sam 23:14–15And 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.
- 1 Sam 25:7Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.
- 1 Kgs 18:42So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
- 2 Chr 26:10Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
- Isa 35:2It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
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