strkjv@1Samuel:23:1
@ Then they
told
David
,
saying
, Behold, the
Philistines
fight
against
Keilah
Q@, and they
rob
the
threshingfloors
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:2
@ Therefore
David
enquired
of the
LORD
,
saying
, Shall I
go
and
smite
these
Philistines
? And the
LORD
said
unto
David
,
Go
, and
smite
the
Philistines
, and
save
Keilah
Q@.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:3
@ And
Davids
men
said
unto him, Behold, we be
afraid
here in
Judah
: how much more then if we
come
to
Keilah
against the
armies
of the
Philistines
?
strkjv@1Samuel:23:4
@ Then
David
enquired
of the
LORD
yet
again
. And the
LORD
answered
him and
said
,
Arise
, go
down
to
Keilah
Q@; for I will
deliver
the
Philistines
into thine
hand
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:5
@ So
David
and his
men
went
to
Keilah
Q@, and
fought
with the
Philistines
, and brought
away
their
cattle
, and
smote
them with a
great
slaughter
. So
David
saved
the
inhabitants
of
Keilah
Q@.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:6
@ And it came to pass, when
Abiathar
the
son
of
Ahimelech
fled
to
David
to
Keilah
Q@, that he came
down
with an
ephod
in his
hand
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:7
@ And it was
told
Saul
that
David
was
come
to
Keilah
Q@. And
Saul
said
,
God
hath
delivered
him into mine
hand
; for he is shut
in
, by
entering
into a
town
that hath
gates
and
bars
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:8
@ And
Saul
called
all the
people
together
to
war
, to go
down
to
Keilah
Q@, to
besiege
David
and his
men
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:9
@ And
David
knew
that
Saul
secretly
practised
mischief
against him; and he
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest
, Bring
hither
the
ephod
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:10
@ Then
said
David
, O
LORD
God
of
Israel
, thy
servant
hath
certainly
heard
that
Saul
seeketh
to
come
to
Keilah
Q@, to
destroy
the
city
for my sake.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:11
@ Will the
men
of
Keilah
deliver me
up
into his
hand
? will
Saul
come
down
, as thy
servant
hath
heard
? O
LORD
God
of
Israel
, I beseech thee,
tell
thy
servant
. And the
LORD
said
, He will come
down
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:12
@ Then
said
David
, Will the
men
of
Keilah
deliver
me and my
men
into the
hand
of
Saul
? And the
LORD
said
, They will deliver thee
up
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:13
@ Then
David
and his
men
, which were about
six
hundred
H376,
arose
and
departed
out of
Keilah
Q@, and
went
whithersoever
they could
go
. And it was
told
Saul
that
David
was
escaped
from
Keilah
Q@; and he
forbare
to go
forth
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:14
@ And
David
abode
in the
wilderness
in strong
holds
, and
remained
in a
mountain
in the
wilderness
of
Ziph
. And
Saul
sought
him every
day
, but
God
delivered
him not into his
hand
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:15
@ And
David
saw
that
Saul
was come
out
to
seek
his
life
: and
David
was in the
wilderness
of
Ziph
in a
wood
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:16
@ And
Jonathan
Sauls
son
arose
, and
went
to
David
into the
wood
, and
strengthened
his
hand
in
God
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:17
@ And he
said
unto him,
Fear
not: for the
hand
of
Saul
my
father
shall not
find
thee; and thou shalt be
king
over
Israel
, and I shall be
next
unto thee; and that also
Saul
my
father
knoweth
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:18
@ And they
two
made
a
covenant
before
the
LORD
: and
David
abode
in the
wood
, and
Jonathan
went
to his
house
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:19
@ Then came
up
the
Ziphites
to
Saul
to
Gibeah
,
saying
, Doth not
David
hide
himself with us in strong
holds
in the
wood
, in the
hill
of
Hachilah
, which is on the
south
of
Jeshimon
?
strkjv@1Samuel:23:20
@ Now therefore, O
king
, come
down
according to all the
desire
of thy
soul
to come
down
; and our part shall be to
deliver
him into the
kings
hand
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:21
@ And
Saul
said
,
Blessed
be ye of the
LORD
; for ye have
compassion
on me.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:22
@
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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:23
@
See
therefore, and take
knowledge
of all the lurking
places
where he
hideth
himself, and come ye
again
to me with the
certainty
, and I will
go
with you: and it shall come to pass, if he
be
in the
land
, that I will
search
him out throughout all the
thousands
of
Judah
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:24
@ And they
arose
, and
went
to
Ziph
before
Saul
: but
David
and his
men
were in the
wilderness
of
Maon
, in the
plain
on the
south
of
Jeshimon
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:25
@
Saul
also and his
men
went
to
seek
him. And they
told
David
: wherefore he came
down
into a
rock
, and
abode
in the
wilderness
of
Maon
. And when
Saul
heard
that, he
pursued
after
David
in the
wilderness
of
Maon
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:26
@ And
Saul
went
on this
side
of the
mountain
, and
David
and his
men
on that
side
of the
mountain
: and
David
made
haste
to get
away
for
fear
of
Saul
; for
Saul
and his
men
compassed
David
and his
men
round
about
to
take
them.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:27
@ But there
came
a
messenger
unto
Saul
,
saying
,
Haste
thee, and
come
; for the
Philistines
have
invaded
the
land
.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:28
@ Wherefore
Saul
returned
from
pursuing
after
David
, and
went
against
the
Philistines
: therefore they
called
that
place
Selahammahlekoth
ham-machl@.
strkjv@1Samuel:23:29
@ And
David
went
up
from thence, and
dwelt
in strong
holds
at
Engedi
Eyn.
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