09_1SA_23_01 Then they told David, saying, behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, And they rob the threshingfloors.
09_1SA_23_02 therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, shall I go And smite These Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, go, And smite the Philistines, And save Keilah.
09_1SA_23_03 And David's men said unto him, behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more Then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
09_1SA_23_04 Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him And said, Arise, go down to Keilah: for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
09_1SA_23_05 So David And his men went to Keilah, And fought with the Philistines, And brought away their cattle, And smote them with A great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
09_1SA_23_06 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, [ that] he came down [ with] an Ephod in his hand.
09_1SA_23_07 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he Is shut in, by entering into A town that hath gates And bars.
09_1SA_23_08 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David And his men.
09_1SA_23_09 And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; And he said to Abiathar the priest, bring hither the Ephod.
09_1SA_23_10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
09_1SA_23_11 will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, he will come down.
09_1SA_23_12 Then said David, will the men of Keilah deliver me And my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, they will deliver [ thee] up.
09_1SA_23_13 Then David And his men, [ which were] about six hundred, arose And departed out of Keilah, And went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; And he forbare to go forth.
09_1SA_23_14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, And remained in A mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
09_1SA_23_15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: And David [ was] in the wilderness of Ziph in A wood.
09_1SA_23_16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, And went to David into the wood, And strengthened his hand in God.
09_1SA_23_17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my Father shall not find thee; And thou shalt be king over Israel, And I shall be next unto thee; And that also Saul my Father knoweth.
09_1SA_23_18 And they two made A covenant before the LORD: And David abode in the wood, And Jonathan went to his house.
09_1SA_23_19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which [ Is] on the south of Jeshimon?
09_1SA_23_20 now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; And our part [ shall be] to deliver him into the king's hand.
09_1SA_23_21 And Saul said, blessed [ be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
09_1SA_23_22 go, I pray you, prepare yet, And know And see his place where his haunt Is, [ And] who hath seen him there: for it Is told me [ that] he dealeth very subtly.
09_1SA_23_23 see therefore, And take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, And come ye again to me with the certainty, And I will go with you: And it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
09_1SA_23_24 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 Jeshimon.
09_1SA_23_25 Saul also And his men went to seek [ him]. And they told David: Wherefore he came down into A rock, And abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard [ that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
09_1SA_23_26 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 for Fear of Saul; for Saul And his men compassed David And his men round about to take them.
09_1SA_23_27 but there came A messenger unto Saul, saying, haste thee, And come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
09_1SA_23_28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, And went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
09_1SA_23_29 And David went up from thence, And dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.