Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Now
it
was
reported
to
David, “Look
, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting
the threshing floors. ”
They
told
David, saying
, Behold,
the Philistines are fighting against Keilah ,
and are
robbing
the threshing floors.
So
David inquired of the
LORD
, “Should
I go and attack
these Philistines? ”
And
the
LORD
said to David, “
Go and attack
the Philistines and save Keilah. ”
Therefore
David inquired of Yahweh
, saying,
Shall
I go and strike
these Philistines? Yahweh
said to David, Go ,
and strike
the Philistines ,
and save Keilah.
But
David’s
men said to him, “Look
, we are afraid here in Judah ;
how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? ”
David's
men said to him, Behold
, we are afraid here in Judah :
how much more then
if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
Once
again,
David inquired of the
LORD,
and
the
LORD
answered him :
“
Go at
once
to Keilah ,
for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand. ”
Then
David inquired of Yahweh
yet
again.
Yahweh
answered him ,
and
said,
Arise,
go down
to Keilah ;
for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.
Then
David and his men went to Keilah, fought against
the Philistines, and carried
off
their livestock
, striking
them with a mighty
blow
. So David saved the people
of Keilah.
David and his men went to Keilah, and
fought with
the Philistines, and brought
away
their cattle
, and
killed
them with a great
slaughter
. So David saved the inhabitants
of Keilah.
(Now
Abiathar son of Ahimelech had
brought
the
ephod
with
him
when
he
fled to David at
Keilah. )
It
happened,
when
Abiathar the
son of Ahimelech fled to David to
Keilah ,
that
he
came
down
with
an
ephod
in
his
hand
.
When
Saul
was told that David had
gone
to Keilah ,
he
said, “
God has delivered him into my hand ,
for he has
trapped
himself
by entering a town with
gates and bars. ”
It
was told Saul
that David was
come
to Keilah .
Saul
said, God has delivered him into my hand ;
for he is
shut
in,
by entering into
a town that
has
gates and bars.
Then
Saul summoned all his
troops
to go to war
at
Keilah and
besiege David and his men.
Saul summoned all the
people
to war,
to
go down
to Keilah ,
to
besiege David and his men.
When
David learned
that Saul was plotting
evil
against him ,
he said to Abiathar the priest, “
Bring the ephod. ”
David knew
that Saul was devising
mischief
against him ;
and
he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here
the ephod.
And
David
said, “
O LORD
, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends
to come to Keilah and
destroy the city on
my account
.
Then
said David
, O Yahweh
, the
God of Israel, your servant has surely
heard that Saul seeks
to come to Keilah ,
to
destroy the city for
my sake
.
Will the citizens
of Keilah surrender
me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O
LORD
, God of Israel, please
tell Your servant. ”
“
He will ,”
said
the
LORD
.
Will the men
of Keilah deliver
me up
into his hand? will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh
, the
God of Israel, I
beg
you,
tell your servant. Yahweh
said,
He will come
down
.
So
David asked
, “
Will the citizens
of Keilah surrender
me and my men into the hand of Saul? ”
“
They will ,”
said
the
LORD
.
Then
said
David, Will the men
of Keilah deliver
up
to
me and my men into the hand of Saul? Yahweh
said,
They will deliver
you
up
.
Then David and his men, about six hundred strong
, set
out
and departed from
Keilah, moving
from
place
to
place
. When
Saul
was told that David had
escaped from Keilah ,
he declined
to
go
forth
.
Then David and his men, who
were
about six hundred, arose
and departed out
of
Keilah, and
went
wherever
they
could
go
. It
was told Saul
that David was
escaped from Keilah ;
and
he gave
up
going
there
.
And
David stayed
in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of
the Wilderness of Ziph. Day
after
day
Saul searched
for
him, but God would
not
deliver David
into his hand.
David abode
in the wilderness in
the
strongholds ,
and remained
in the hill -
country in
the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought
him every
day
, but God didn't
deliver him
into his hand.
While
David was
in
Horesh
in
the
Wilderness
of
Ziph,
he
saw that Saul had come out to take
his life.
David saw that Saul had come out to seek
his life :
and
David
was
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph
in
the
wood
.
And
Saul’s
son
Jonathan came
to David in
Horesh
and strengthened his hand in God ,
Jonathan ,
Saul's
son,
arose,
and
went
to David into
the
wood,
and strengthened his hand in God .
saying
, “Do
not
be afraid ,
for my father Saul
will
never
lay
a
hand
on
you .
And you will
be king over Israel, and I will
be your
second-in-command.
Even
my father Saul
knows this
is
true
. ”
He
said
to
him
, Don't
be afraid ;
for the
hand
of
Saul
my father shall
not
find
you ;
and you shall
be king over Israel, and I shall
be next
to
you;
and
that
also
Saul
my father knows.
So
the
two of
them
made a covenant before the
LORD.
And David remained
in Horesh
, while
Jonathan went home
.
They
two made a covenant before Yahweh:
and David abode
in the
wood
, and
Jonathan went to
his
house
.
Then the
Ziphites
came up to Saul at
Gibeah and
said
, “Is
not
David hiding
among
us in the strongholds at
Horesh
, on
the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon
?
Then came up the
Ziphites
to Saul to
Gibeah, saying,
Doesn't
David hide
himself
with
us in the strongholds in
the
wood
, in
the hill of Hachilah ,
which
is
on
the
south of the
desert
?
Now, O king, come down whenever
your soul desires,
and we
will
be responsible
for
delivering
him into your
hand. ”
Now therefore
, O king, come down ,
according
to
all
the
desire
of
your soul to
come
down;
and our
part
shall
be to
deliver
him up
into the
king's
hand.
“May
you
be
blessed
by
the
LORD,”
replied
Saul, “
for you have had compassion on me.
Saul said
, Blessed
be
you
of
Yahweh;
for you have had compassion on me.
Please go and prepare
further.
Investigate
and watch
carefully
where he
goes
and who has seen him there ,
for I
am
told that he is
extremely
cunning
.
Please go make
yet
more
sure,
and know
and see
his
place
where his
haunt
is,
[
and ]
who has seen him there ;
for it
is
told me
that he deals
very
subtly
.
Observe
and find
out
all the places where he hides .
Then
come back
to me with
certainty, and I will go with you .
If he is
in the land, I will search him out among all the clans
of Judah. ”
See
therefore,
and take
knowledge
of
all the lurking-
places where he hides himself,
and
come you
again
to me of
a
certainty, and I will go with you :
and
it
shall
happen,
if he be
in the land, that
I will search him out among all the thousands
of Judah.
So
they set
out
and went to Ziph ahead
of
Saul .
Now
David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
They arose,
and went to Ziph before
Saul :
but
David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon ,
in the Arabah on
the
south of the
desert.
and
Saul and his men went to seek him. When
David
was
told about
it,
he went
down to the rock and stayed
in the Wilderness of Maon. And
when Saul heard of
this
, he pursued David there
.
Saul and his men went to seek him. They
told David:
why
he came
down to the rock ,
and abode
in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard [that]
, he pursued after
David in
the
wilderness
of
Maon
.
Saul was
proceeding
along
one
side of the mountain, and David and his men along
the
other
side .
Even
though
David was
hurrying
to get away ,
Saul and his men were
closing
in
on
David and his men to capture
them.
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.
Then
a messenger came
to Saul, saying, “Come
quickly
, for the Philistines have raided
the land !”
But
there
came
a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste
you
, and
come;
for the Philistines have made
a
raid
on
the land .
So Saul broke
off
his
pursuit
of
David and went to
meet
the Philistines .
That
is
why
that place is
called
Sela -
hammahlekoth.
So Saul returned
from
pursuing
after
David ,
and went against
the Philistines :
therefore
they
called
that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
And
David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En -
gedi.
David went up from there ,
and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
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