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“Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.”

“So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.”

“Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:”

“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.”

“he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.”

“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?”

“Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.”

“and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.”

“And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.”