1Samuel:23

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* Then they told David , saying , Behold , the Philistines fight against Keilah Q @#iylah #, and they rob the threshingfloors . * 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 @#iylah #. * 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 ? * Then David enquired of the LORD yet again . And the LORD answered him and said , Arise , go down to Keilah Q @#iylah #; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand . * So David and his men went to Keilah Q @#iylah #, 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 @#iylah #. * And it came to pass , when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah Q @#iylah #, that he came down with an ephod in his hand . * And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah Q @#iylah #. 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 . * And Saul called # all the people together to war , to go down to Keilah Q @#iylah #, to besiege David and his men . * And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him ; and he said to Abiathar the priest , Bring hither the ephod . * Then said David , O LORD God of Israel Yisra #el #, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah Q @#iylah #, to destroy the city for my sake . * 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 Yisra #el #, I beseech thee , tell thy servant . And the LORD said , He will come down . * Then said David , Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul Sha #uwl #? And the LORD said , They will deliver thee up . * Then David and his men , which were about six hundred #H376 , arose and departed out of Keilah Q @#iylah #, and went whithersoever they could go . And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah Q @#iylah #; and he forbare to go forth . * 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 . * And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life : and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood . * And Jonathan Sauls son arose , and went to David into the wood , and strengthened his hand in God . * 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 Yisra #el #, and I shall be next unto thee ; and that also Saul my father knoweth . * And they two made a covenant before the LORD : and David abode in the wood , and Jonathan went to his house . * Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah Gib #ah #, 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 ? * 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 . * And Saul said , Blessed be ye of the LORD ; for ye have compassion on me . * 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 . * 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 . * And they arose , and went to Ziph before Saul Sha #uwl #: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon Ma #own #, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon . * 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 Ma #own #. And when Saul heard that , he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon Ma #own #. * 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 Sha #uwl #; for Saul and his men compassedDavid and his men round about to take them . * But there came a messenger unto Saul Sha #uwl #, saying , Haste thee , and come ; for the Philistines have invaded the land . * Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David , and went against the Philistines : therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth ham-machl @qowth #. * And David went up from thence , and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi #Eyn .

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