Where is Ziph in the Bible?
Ziph was a town in the hill country of Judah, southeast of Hebron (Jos.15.55). Ziph appears in 6 verses across 3 books of the Bible.
What happened at Ziph?
Ziph was a town in the hill country of Judah, southeast of Hebron (Jos.15.55). The wilderness near Ziph was where David hid from King Saul (1Sa.23.14-15). On two occasions, the Ziphites informed Saul of David's whereabouts (1Sa.23.19; 26:1). In the wilderness of Ziph, David spared Saul's life when he had the opportunity to kill him (1Sa.26.2-12). The town of Ziph is probably to be identified with Tell Zif, about 4 miles southeast of Hebron. Ruins have been found there, along with a spring. Psalm 54 is associated with David's time hiding from Saul in the region of Ziph.
Definition text: STEPBible · Tyndale House Cambridge. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Lightly edited for length and formatting.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
Where does Ziph appear in the Bible?
Ziph is referenced in 6 verses across 3 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- 1 Samuel 23:14
- 1 Samuel 23:15
- 1 Samuel 23:24
- 1 Samuel 26:2
- 2 Chronicles 11:8
- Joshua 15:55
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Ziph.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Ziph?
Ziph appears in 6 verses across 3 books, most often in 1 Samuel, which accounts for 4 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Ziph?
1 Samuel, 2 Chronicles, Joshua.
Where can I read every verse about Ziph?
This page lists 6 of them. Protos carries all 6, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
