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1 Samuel 23:1-7

1AndtheytoldH5046Davidלְדָוִ֖דle.da.VidH1732,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Behold,thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּים֙fe.lish.TimH6430arefightingנִלְחָמִ֣יםnil.cha.MimH3898againstKeilahבִּקְעִילָ֔הbik.'i.LahH7084,andarerobbingthethreshing-floors.

2ThereforeDavidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732inquiredofJehovah,sayingH559,ShallIgoandsmitethesePhilistinesבַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםba.pe.lish.TimH6430?AndJehovahsaidH559untoDavidדָּוִ֗דda.VidH1732, Go,andsmitethePhilistinesבַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםva.pe.lish.TimH6430,andsaveH3467Keilahקְעִילָֽה׃ke.'i.LahH7084.

3AndDavid’smenH376saidH559untohim,Behold,weareafraidH3372hereפֹ֛הfohH6311inJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֖הbi.hu.DahH3063:howmuchmorethenifwegotoKeilahקְעִלָ֔הke.'i.LahH7084againstthearmiesofthePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ סpe.lish.TimH6430?

4ThenDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732inquiredofJehovahyetH5750againע֤וֹדodH5750.AndJehovahansweredhim,andsaidH559,Ariseק֚וּםkumH6965,goרֵ֣דredH3381downtoKeilahקְעִילָ֔הke.'i.LahH7084;forIwilldeliverthePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםpe.lish.TimH6430intothyhandבְּיָדֶֽךָ׃be.ya.De.khaH3027.

5AndDavidדָּוִד֩da.VidH1732andhismenH376wenttoKeilahקְעִילָ֜הke.'i.LahH7084,andfoughtH3898withthePhilistinesבַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗יםba.pe.lish.TimH6430,andbroughtawayוַיִּנְהַג֙vai.yin.HagH5090theircattle,andslewthemwithagreatגְדוֹלָ֑הge.do.LahH1419slaughterH4347.SoDavidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732savedH3467theinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427ofKeilahקְעִילָֽה׃ סke.'i.LahH7084.

6Anditcametopass,whenAbiatharאֶבְיָתָ֧ר'ev.ya.TarH54thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAhimelechאֲחִימֶ֛לֶךְ'a.chi.Me.lekhH288fledH1272toDavidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732toKeilahקְעִילָ֑הke.'i.LahH7084,thathecamedownיָרַ֥דya.RadH3381withanephodאֵפ֖וֹד'e.FodH646inhishandבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027.

7AnditwastoldH5046Saulלְשָׁא֔וּלle.sha.'UlH7586thatDavidדָוִ֖דda.VidH1732wascomeH935toKeilahקְעִילָ֑הke.'i.LahH7084.AndSaulשָׁא֗וּלsha.'UlH7586saidH559,Godאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430hathdeliveredH5462himintomyhandבְּיָדִ֔יbe.ya.DiH3027;forheisshutנִסְגַּ֣רnis.GarH5462in,byenteringintoatownthathathgatesandbarsוּבְרִֽיחַ׃u.ve.Ri.achH1280.

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