They were too good for this world, wandering over deserts and mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

在旷野、山岭、山洞、地穴，飘流无定，本是世界不配有的人。

这世界配不上他们，他们在旷野、山岭、山洞、地穴，飘流无定。

这世界配不上他们，他们在旷野、山岭、山洞、地穴，飘流无定。

在旷野、群山、山洞和地穴中漂流不定。他们是世界不配有的！

原是这世界不配有的人。他们飘流无定，在旷野、山岭、石洞和地穴栖身。

他们是这世界不配有的。他们在旷野、山岭、岩穴、地洞中漂流无定。

在曠野、山嶺、山洞、地穴，飄流無定，本是世界不配有的人。

這世界配不上他們，他們在曠野、山嶺、山洞、地穴，飄流無定。

這世界配不上他們，他們在曠野、山嶺、山洞、地穴，飄流無定。

在曠野、群山、山洞和地穴中漂流不定。他們是世界不配有的！

原是這世界不配有的人。他們飄流無定，在曠野、山嶺、石洞和地穴棲身。

世界配不上他們：他們在曠野、在山嶺、在洞窘、在地穴、飄流無定。

他們是這世界不配有的。他們在曠野、山嶺、岩穴、地洞中漂流無定。

於荒野、山嶺、洞穴、地窟、轉徙無常、若此之人、斯世不堪有者也、

流離轉徙、或荒野、或山巔、或地穴、若此之人、世不足居之、

逃於曠野、山嶺、巖穴、地窖、轉徙流離、若此之人居世、世實不堪也、

斯輩不見容於世、乃穴居野處、遁跡山林、

the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains. They lived in caves. They lived in holes in the ground.

of whom the world was not worthy— wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

( people of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, on mountains, and sheltering in caves and holes in the ground.

of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

( of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

( Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and[ in] mountains, and[ in] dens and caves of the earth.

( the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.

of whom the world was not worthy— wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.

Once when Jezebel had tried to kill all the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had hidden 100 of them in two caves. He put fifty prophets in each cave and supplied them with food and water.)

There he came to a cave, where he spent the night. But the Lord said to him,“ What are you doing here, Elijah?”

So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there.

After Saul returned from fighting the Philistines, he was told that David had gone into the wilderness of En gedi.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!

Now some men from Ziph came to Saul at Gibeah to tell him,“ David is hiding on the hill of Hakilah, which overlooks Jeshimon.”

Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come.

Has no one told you, my lord, about the time when Jezebel was trying to kill the Lord’s prophets? I hid 100 of them in two caves and supplied them with food and water.

I cry out to the Lord; I plead for the Lord’s mercy.I pour out my complaints before him and tell him all my troubles.When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn. Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me.I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me.Then I pray to you, O Lord. I say,“ You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life.Hear my cry, for I am very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.Bring me out of prison so I can thank you. The godly will crowd around me, for you are good to me.”

Then Ahijah said to Jeroboam’s wife,“ Go on home, and when you enter the city, the child will die.All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only member of your family who will have a proper burial, for this child is the only good thing that the Lord, the God of Israel, sees in the entire family of Jeroboam.

Discover his hiding places, and come back when you are sure. Then I’ll go with you. And if he is in the area at all, I’ll track him down, even if I have to search every hiding place in Judah!”

Never before had there been a king like Josiah, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and soul and strength, obeying all the laws of Moses. And there has never been a king like him since.Even so, the Lord was very angry with Judah because of all the wicked things Manasseh had done to provoke him.For the Lord said,“ I will also banish Judah from my presence just as I have banished Israel. And I will reject my chosen city of Jerusalem and the Temple where my name was to be honored.”The rest of the events in Josiah’s reign and all his deeds are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, went to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah and his army marched out to fight him, but King Neco killed him when they met at Megiddo.

But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him.“ We know where David is hiding,” they said.“ He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part of Jeshimon.

“ Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River.

One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him.