Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
Go, please, and prepare further. Find out and observe where he stays regularly, and who has seen him there, because I've been told that he is very clever and cunning.
The writer is showing how King Saul is desperately trying to track down David by asking for detailed intelligence about David's whereabouts and movements.
📚 Historical Context
This verse occurs during the period when King Saul was obsessively hunting David, who had been anointed as the future king but was living as a fugitive. Saul is speaking to the Ziphites, who had offered to help him locate David in the wilderness. This represents the intense cat-and-mouse game between the current king and his divinely chosen successor.
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