These cities were ¹  in the desert: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,

all the kings of Arabia who ¹  live in the desert;

Your chosen ¹  cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem ²  is a desolate ruin.

After they journeyed ¹  from Rephidim, they came to the Desert of Sinai, and they camped in the desert; Israel camped there in front of the mountain. ² 

So Saul arose and went down to the desert of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand select men of Israel, to look for David in the desert of Ziph.

Here is a message about the Desert by the Sea: ¹  Like strong winds blowing in the south, ²  one invades from the desert, from a land that is feared.

They journeyed from Sukkoth and camped in Etham, on the edge of the desert.

The entire company ¹  of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron in the desert.

They traveled from the desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.

When David heard in the desert that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

O God, when you lead your people into battle, ¹  when you march through the desert, ²  (Selah)

Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One ¹  in the desert.

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him ¹  in the desert!

In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving ¹  for meat; ²  they challenged God ³  in the desert.

So he made a solemn vow ¹  that he would make them die ²  in the desert,

He turned ¹  streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land,

Justice will settle down in the desert and fairness will live in the orchard. ¹ 

I cared ¹  for you in the wilderness, in the dry desert where no water was. ² 

¹ Then Moses led Israel to journey ²  away from the Red Sea. They went out to the Desert of Shur, walked for three days ³  into the desert, and found no water.

David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the desert of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, ¹  but God did not deliver David ²  into his hand.