1 Samuel 23

David Delivers Keilah

1Then they toldH5046 DavidH1732, sayingH559, “BeholdH2009, the PhilistinesH6430 are fightingH3898 against 1KeilahH7084 and are plunderingH8154 the threshingH1637 floorsH1637.” 2So DavidH1732 2inquiredH7592 of the LordH3068, sayingH559, “Shall I goH1980 and 3attackH5221 theseH428 PhilistinesH6430?” And the LordH3068 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “GoH1980 and 4attackH5221 the PhilistinesH6430 and deliverH3467 KeilahH7084.” 3But David’sH1732 menH376 saidH559 to him, “BeholdH2009, we are afraidH3372 hereH6311 in JudahH3063. HowH637 muchH637H3588 moreH637H3588 then ifH3588 we goH1980 to KeilahH7084 againstH413 the ranksH4634 of the PhilistinesH6430?” 4Then DavidH1732 inquiredH7592 of the LordH3068 onceH3254H5750 moreH3254H5750. And the LordH3068 answeredH6030 him and saidH559, “AriseH6965, goH3381 downH3381 to KeilahH7084, for 5I will giveH5414 the PhilistinesH6430 into your handH3027.” 5So DavidH1732 and his menH376 wentH1980 to KeilahH7084 and foughtH3898 with the PhilistinesH6430; and he ledH5090 awayH5090 their livestockH4735 and struckH5221 them with a greatH1419 slaughterH4347. Thus DavidH1732 deliveredH3467 the inhabitantsH3427 of KeilahH7084.

6Now it cameH1961 about, when AbiatharH54 the sonH1121 of AhimelechH288 6fledH1272 to DavidH1732 at KeilahH7084, that he cameH3381 downH3381 with an ephodH646 in his handH3027. 7When it was toldH5046 SaulH7586 that DavidH1732 had comeH935 to KeilahH7084, SaulH7586 saidH559, “GodH430 has 7deliveredH5235 him into my handH3027, for he shutH5462 himself in by enteringH935 a cityH5892 with double gatesH1817 and barsH1280.” 8So SaulH7586 summonedH8085 allH3605 the peopleH5971 for warH4421, to goH3381 downH3381 to KeilahH7084 to besiegeH6696 DavidH1732 and his menH376. 9Now DavidH1732 knewH3045 that SaulH7586 was plottingH2790 evilH7463 againstH5921 him; so he saidH559 to 8AbiatharH54 the priestH3548, “9BringH5066 the ephodH646 hereH5066.” 10Then DavidH1732 saidH559, “O LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, Your servantH5650 has heardH8085 for certainH8085 that SaulH7586 is seekingH1245 to comeH935 to KeilahH7084 to destroyH7843 the cityH5892 on my accountH5668. 11Will the menH1167 of KeilahH7084 surrenderH5462 me into his handH3027? Will SaulH7586 comeH3381 downH3381 justH3512 as Your servantH5650 has heardH8085? O LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, I prayH4994, tellH5046 Your servantH5650.” And the LordH3068 saidH559, “He will comeH3381 downH3381.” 12Then DavidH1732 saidH559, “Will the menH1167 of KeilahH7084 surrenderH5462 me and my menH376 into the handH3027 of SaulH7586?” And the LordH3068 saidH559, “10They will surrenderH5462 you.” 13Then DavidH1732 and his menH376, 11about sixH8337 hundredH3967, aroseH6965 and departedH3318 from KeilahH7084, and they wentH1980 12whereverH834 they could goH1980. When it was toldH5046 SaulH7586 that DavidH1732 had escapedH4422 from KeilahH7084, he 13gaveH2308 up the pursuitH3318. 14DavidH1732 stayedH3427 in the wildernessH4057 in the strongholdsH4679, and remainedH3427 in the hillH2022 countryH2022 in the wildernessH4057 of 14ZiphH2128. And SaulH7586 soughtH1245 him everyH3605 dayH3117, but 15GodH430 did not deliverH5414 him into his handH3027.

Saul Pursues David

15Now DavidH1732 16becameH7200 awareH7200 that SaulH7586 had comeH3318 out to seekH1245 his lifeH5315 while DavidH1732 was in the wildernessH4057 of ZiphH2128 at HoreshH2793. 16And JonathanH3083, Saul’sH7586 sonH1121, aroseH6965 and wentH1980 to DavidH1732 at HoreshH2793, and 1718encouragedH2388H3027 him in GodH430. 17Thus he saidH559 to him, “19Do not be afraidH3372, becauseH3588 the handH3027 of SaulH7586 my fatherH1 will not findH4672 you, and you will be kingH4427 overH5921 IsraelH3478 and I will be nextH4932 to you; and 20SaulH7586 my fatherH1 knowsH3045 that alsoH1571.” 18So 21the twoH8147 of them madeH3772 a covenantH1285 beforeH6440 the LordH3068; and DavidH1732 stayedH3427 at HoreshH2793 while JonathanH3083 wentH1980 to his houseH1004.

19Then 22ZiphitesH2130 cameH5927 up to SaulH7586 at GibeahH1390, sayingH559, “Is DavidH1732 not hidingH5641 with us in the strongholdsH4679 at HoreshH2793, on 23the hillH1389 of HachilahH2444, whichH834 is on the 24southH3225 of 25JeshimonH3452? 20NowH6258 then, O kingH4428, comeH3381 downH3381 according to allH3605 the desireH185 of your soulH5315 to 26doH3381 soH3381; and 27our part shall be to surrenderH5462 him into the king’sH4428 handH3027.” 21SaulH7586 saidH559, “May you be blessedH1288 of the LordH3068, 28for you have hadH2550 compassionH2550 on me. 22GoH1980 nowH4994, makeH3559 moreH5750 sureH3559, and investigateH3045 and seeH7200 his placeH4725 whereH834H8033 his 29hauntH7272 is, and whoH4310 has seenH7200 him thereH8033; for I am toldH559 that he is veryH6191 cunningH6191. 23So lookH7200, and learnH3045 aboutH4480 allH3605 the hidingH4224 placesH4224 whereH834H8033 he hidesH2244 himself and returnH7725 to me with certaintyH3559, and I will goH1980 with you; and ifH518 he is in the landH776, I will searchH2664 him out among allH3605 the thousandsH505 of JudahH3063.”

24Then they aroseH6965 and wentH1980 to ZiphH2128 beforeH6440 SaulH7586. Now DavidH1732 and his menH376 were in the wildernessH4057 of 30MaonH4584, in the ArabahH6160 to the 31southH3225 of 32JeshimonH3452. 25When SaulH7586 and his menH376 wentH1980 to seekH1245 him, they toldH5046 DavidH1732, and he cameH3381 downH3381 to the rockH5553 and stayedH3427 in the wildernessH4057 of MaonH4584. And when SaulH7586 heardH8085 it, he pursuedH7291 DavidH1732 in the wildernessH4057 of MaonH4584. 26SaulH7586 wentH1980 on oneH2088 sideH6654 of the mountainH2022, and DavidH1732 and his menH376 on the otherH2088 sideH6654 of the mountainH2022; and DavidH1732 was hurryingH2648 to getH1980 awayH1980 from SaulH7586, for SaulH7586 and his menH376 33were surroundingH5849 DavidH1732 and his menH376 to seizeH8610 them. 27But a messengerH4397 cameH935 to SaulH7586, sayingH559, “HurryH4116 and comeH1980, for the PhilistinesH6430 have madeH6584 a raidH6584 on the landH776.” 28So SaulH7586 returnedH7725 from pursuingH7291 DavidH1732 and wentH1980 to meetH7122 the PhilistinesH6430; thereforeH5921H3651 they calledH7121 that placeH4725 34the RockH5553 of EscapeH4256. 2935DavidH1732 wentH5927 up from thereH8033 and stayedH3427 in the strongholdsH4679 of 36EngediH5872.