1 Samuel 23

1 ♥ 📝 A nd they told^H5046 David,^H1732 saying,^H559 Behold, the Philistines^H6430 are fighting^H3898 against Keilah,^H7084 and are robbing^H8154 the threshing-floors.^H1637

2 ♥ 📝 Therefore David^H1732 inquired^H7592 of Jehovah,^H3068 saying,^H559 Shall I go^H3212 and smite^H5221 these Philistines?^H6430 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto David,^H1732 Go,^H3212 and smite^H5221 the Philistines,^H6430 and save^H3467 Keilah.^H7084

3 ♥ 📝 And David's^H1732 men^H582 said^H559 unto him, Behold, we are afraid^H3373 here in Judah:^H3063 how much more then if we go^H3212 to Keilah^H7084 against the armies^H4634 of the Philistines?^H6430

4 ♥ 📝 Then David^H1732 inquired^H7592 of Jehovah^H3068 yet again.^H3254 And Jehovah^H3068 answered^H6030 him, and said,^H6030 Arise,^H6965 go down^H3381 to Keilah;^H7084 for I will deliver^H5414 the Philistines^H6430 into thy hand.^H3027

5 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 and his men^H582 went^H3212 to Keilah,^H7084 and fought^H3898 with the Philistines,^H6430 and brought away^H5090 their cattle,^H4735 and slew^H5221 them with a great^H1419 slaughter.^H4347 So David^H1732 save^H3467 the inhabitants^H3427 of Keilah.^H7084

6 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, when Abiathar^H54 the son^H1121 of Ahimelech^H288 fled^H1272 to David^H1732 to Keilah,^H7084 that he came down^H3381 with an ephod^H646 in his hand.^H3027

7 ♥ 📝 And it was told^H5046 Saul^H7586 that David^H1732 was come^H935 to Keilah.^H7084 And Saul^H7586 said,^H559 God^H430 hath delivered^H5234 him into my hand;^H3027 for he is shut in,^H5462 by entering^H935 into a town^H5892 that hath gates^H1817 and bars.^H1280

8 ♥ 📝 And Saul^H7586 summoned^H8085 all the people^H5971 to^H8085 war,^H4421 to go down^H3381 to Keilah,^H7084 to besiege^H6696 David^H1732 and his men.^H582

9 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 knew^H3045 that Saul^H7586 was devising^H2790 mischief^H7451 against him; and he said^H559 to Abiathar^H54 the priest,^H3548 Bring hither^H5066 the ephod.^H646

10 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 David,^H1732 O Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 thy servant^H5650 hath surely^H8085 heard^H8085 that Saul^H7586 seeketh^H1245 to come^H935 to Keilah,^H7084 to destroy^H7843 the city^H5892 for my sake.

11 ♥ 📝 Will the men^H1167 of Keilah^H7084 deliver me up^H5462 into his hand?^H3027 will Saul^H7586 come down,^H3381 as thy servant^H5650 hath heard?^H8085 O Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 I beseech thee, tell^H5046 thy servant.^H5650 And Jehovah^H3068 said,^H559 He will come down.^H3381

12 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 David,^H1732 Will the men^H1167 of Keilah^H7084 deliver^H5462 up to me and my men^H582 into the hand^H3027 of Saul?^H7586 And Jehovah^H3068 said,^H559 They will deliver thee up.^H5462

13 ♥ 📝 Then David^H1732 and his men,^H582 who were about six^H8337 hundred,^H3967 arose^H6965 and departed^H3318 out of Keilah,^H7084 and went^H1980 whithersoever^H834 they could go.^H1980 And it was told^H5046 Saul^H7586 that David^H1732 was escaped^H4422 from Keilah;^H7084 and he forbare^H2308 to go forth.^H3318

14 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 abode^H3427 in the wilderness^H4057 in the strongholds,^H4679 and remained^H3427 in the hill-country^H2022 in the wilderness^H4057 of Ziph.^H2128 And Saul^H7586 sought^H1245 him every day,^H3117 but God^H430 delivered^H5414 him not into his hand.^H3027

15 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 saw^H7200 that Saul^H7586 was come out^H3318 to seek^H1245 his life:^H5315 and David^H1732 was in the wilderness^H4057 of Ziph^H2128 in the wood.^H2793

16 ♥ 📝 And Jonathan,^H3083 Saul's^H7586 son,^H1121 arose,^H6965 and went^H3212 to David^H1732 into the wood,^H2793 and strengthened^H2388 his hand^H3027 in God.^H430

17 ♥ 📝 And he said^H559 unto him, Fear^H3372 not; for the hand^H3027 of Saul^H7586 my father^H1 shall not find^H4672 thee; and thou shalt be king^H4427 over Israel,^H3478 and I shall be next^H4932 unto thee; and that also Saul^H7586 my father^H1 knoweth.^H3045

18 ♥ 📝 And they two^H8147 made^H3772 a covenant^H1285 before^H6440 Jehovah:^H3068 and David^H1732 abode^H3427 in the wood,^H2793 and Jonathan^H3083 went^H1980 to his house.^H1004

19 ♥ 📝 Then came up^H5927 the Ziphites^H2130 to Saul^H7586 to Gibeah,^H1390 saying,^H559 Doth not David^H1732 hide^H5641 himself with us in the strongholds^H4679 in the wood,^H2793 in the hill^H1389 of Hachilah,^H2444 which is on the south^H3225 of the desert?^H3452

20 ♥ 📝 Now therefore, O king,^H4428 come down,^H3381 according to all the desire^H185 of thy soul^H5315 to come down;^H3381 and our part shall be to deliver^H5462 him up into the king's^H4428 hand.^H3027

21 ♥ 📝 And Saul^H7586 said,^H559 Blessed^H1288 be ye of Jehovah;^H3068 for ye have had compassion^H2550 on me.

22 ♥ 📝 Go,^H3212 I pray you, make^H3559 yet more sure, and know^H3045 and see^H7200 his place^H4725 where his haunt^H7272 is, [and] who hath seen^H7200 him there; for it is told^H559 me that he dealeth very^H6191 subtly.^H6191

23 ♥ 📝 See^H7200 therefore, and take knowledge^H3045 of all the lurking-places^H4224 where he hideth^H2244 himself, and come ye again^H7725 to me of a certainty,^H3559 and I will go^H1980 with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be^H3426 in the land,^H776 that I will search^H2664 him out among all the thousands^H505 of Judah.^H3063

24 ♥ 📝 And they arose,^H6965 and went^H3212 to Ziph^H2128 before^H6440 Saul:^H7586 but David^H1732 and his men^H582 were in the wilderness^H4057 of Maon,^H4584 in the Arabah^H6160 on the south^H3225 of the desert.^H3452

25 ♥ 📝 And Saul^H7586 and his men^H582 went^H3212 to seek^H1245 him. And they told^H5046 David:^H1732 wherefore he came down^H3381 to the rock,^H5553 and abode^H3427 in the wilderness^H4057 of Maon.^H4584 And when Saul^H7586 heard^H8085 [that], he pursued^H7291 after^H310 David^H1732 in the wilderness^H4057 of Maon.^H4584

26 ♥ 📝 And Saul^H7586 went^H3212 on this side^H6654 of the mountain,^H2022 and David^H1732 and his men^H582 on that side^H6654 of the mountain:^H2022 and David^H1732 made haste^H2648 to get away^H3212 for fear^H6440 of Saul;^H7586 for Saul^H7586 and his men^H582 compassed^H5849 David^H1732 and his men^H582 round about^H5849 to take^H8610 them.

27 ♥ 📝 But there came^H935 a messenger^H4397 unto Saul,^H7586 saying,^H559 Haste^H4116 thee, and come;^H3212 for the Philistines^H6430 have made a raid^H6584 upon the land.^H776

28 ♥ 📝 So Saul^H7586 returned^H7725 from pursuing^H7291 after^H310 David,^H1732 and went^H3212 against^H7125 the Philistines:^H6430 therefore they called^H7121 that place^H4725 Sela-hammahlekoth.^H5555

29 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 went up^H5927 from thence, and dwelt^H3427 in the strongholds^H4679 of En-gedi.^H5872