1 Samuel 23:7-23

7And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Then Saul said, 1God has cast him off into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a city that has gates and bars.

8And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

9And when David knew that Saul devised mischief against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod.

10Then said David, Jehovah, 2God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

11Will the citizens of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, 3God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.

12And 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.

13Then 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.

14And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and abode in the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but 4God did not give him into his hand.

15And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

16And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in 5God.

17And 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.

18And they two made a covenant before Jehovah; and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

19And 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?

20And 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.

21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have compassion upon me.

22Go, 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.

23And 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.