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David Delivers Keilah
And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.
And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.
David Protects the Town of Keilah
One day news came to David that the Philistines were at Keilah stealing grain from the threshing floors.
One day news came to David that the Philistines were at Keilah stealing grain from the threshing floors.
And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said to David, Go and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
David asked the LORD, “Should I go and attack them?”
“Yes, go and save Keilah,” the LORD told him.
“Yes, go and save Keilah,” the LORD told him.
But David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
But David’s men said, “We’re afraid even here in Judah. We certainly don’t want to go to Keilah to fight the whole Philistine army!”
And David inquired of Jehovah yet again. And Jehovah answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into thy hand.
So David asked the LORD again, and again the LORD replied, “Go down to Keilah, for I will help you conquer the Philistines.”
And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought against the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
So David and his men went to Keilah. They slaughtered the Philistines and took all their livestock and rescued the people of Keilah.
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he brought the ephod with him.
Saul Pursues David
And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Then Saul said, God has cast him off into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a city that has gates and bars.
And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Then Saul said, God has cast him off into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a city that has gates and bars.
Saul soon learned that David was at Keilah. “Good!” he exclaimed. “We’ve got him now! God has handed him over to me, for he has trapped himself in a walled town!”
And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
So Saul mobilized his entire army to march to Keilah and besiege David and his men.
And when David knew that Saul devised mischief against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod.
But David learned of Saul’s plan and told Abiathar the priest to bring the ephod and ask the LORD what he should do.
Then said David, Jehovah, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
Then David prayed, “O LORD, God of Israel, I have heard that Saul is planning to come and destroy Keilah because I am here.
Will the citizens of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.
And David said, Will the citizens of Keilah deliver up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver [thee] up.
Again David asked, “Will the leaders of Keilah betray me and my men to Saul?”
And the LORD replied, “Yes, they will betray you.”
And the LORD replied, “Yes, they will betray you.”
Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, and he forbore to go forth.
David Hides in the Wilderness
So David and his men — about 600 of them now — left Keilah and began roaming the countryside. Word soon reached Saul that David had escaped, so he didn’t go to Keilah after all.
And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and abode in the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.
David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted him day after day, but God didn’t let Saul find him.
And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him.
And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God.
And he said to him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father will not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next to thee; and that also Saul my father knows.
“Don’t be afraid,” Jonathan reassured him. “My father will never find you! You are going to be the king of Israel, and I will be next to you, as my father, Saul, is well aware.”
And they two made a covenant before Jehovah; and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
So the two of them renewed their solemn pact before the LORD. Then Jonathan returned home, while David stayed at Horesh.
And the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the waste?
But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him. “We know where David is hiding,” they said. “He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part of Jeshimon.
And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and it will be for us to deliver him up into the king's hand.
Come down whenever you’re ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!”
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have compassion upon me.
“The LORD bless you,” Saul said. “At last someone is concerned about me!
Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his track is, who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtilly.
Go and check again to be sure of where he is staying and who has seen him there, for I know that he is very crafty.
And see, and ascertain all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me with sure information, that I may go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout the thousands of Judah.
Discover his hiding places, and come back when you are sure. Then I’ll go with you. And if he is in the area at all, I’ll track him down, even if I have to search every hiding place in Judah!”
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 the waste.
So the men of Ziph returned home ahead of Saul.
Meanwhile, David and his men had moved into the wilderness of Maon in the Arabah Valley south of Jeshimon.
Meanwhile, David and his men had moved into the wilderness of Maon in the Arabah Valley south of Jeshimon.
And Saul and his men went to seek [him]. And they told David; and he came down from the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard [that], and he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
When David heard that Saul and his men were searching for him, he went even farther into the wilderness to the great rock, and he remained there in the wilderness of Maon. But Saul kept after him in the wilderness.
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 from Saul; and Saul and his men sought to surround David and his men to take them.
Saul and David were now on opposite sides of a mountain. Just as Saul and his men began to close in on David and his men,
But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee and come; for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.
an urgent message reached Saul that the Philistines were raiding Israel again.
And Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.