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They
told
David, saying,
Behold
, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah ,
and are
robbing
the threshing floors.
Now
it
was
reported
to
David, “Look
, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting
the threshing floors. ”
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.
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. ”
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?
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? ”
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.
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. ”
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.
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.
It
happened,
when
Abiathar the
son of Ahimelech fled to David to
Keilah ,
that
he
came
down
with
an
ephod
in
his
hand
.
(Now
Abiathar son of Ahimelech had
brought
the
ephod
with
him
when
he
fled to David at
Keilah. )
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.
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. ”
Saul summoned all the
people
to
war,
to go down
to Keilah ,
to
besiege David and his men.
Then
Saul summoned all his
troops
to go to war
at
Keilah and
besiege David and his men.
David knew
that Saul was devising
mischief
against him ;
and
he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here
the ephod.
When
David learned
that Saul was plotting
evil
against him ,
he said to Abiathar the priest, “
Bring the ephod. ”
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
So
David asked
, “
Will the citizens
of Keilah surrender
me and my men into the hand of Saul? ”
“
They will ,”
said
the
LORD
.
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
.
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
.
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.
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 saw that Saul had come out to seek
his life :
and
David
was
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph
in
the
wood
.
While
David was
in
Horesh
in
the
Wilderness
of
Ziph,
he
saw that Saul had come out to take
his life.
Jonathan,
Saul's
son,
arose,
and went
to David into
the
wood,
and strengthened his hand in God .
And Saul’s
son
Jonathan
came
to David in
Horesh
and strengthened his hand in God ,
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.
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
. ”
They
two made a covenant before Yahweh:
and David abode
in the
wood
, and
Jonathan went to
his
house
.
So
the
two of
them
made a covenant before the
LORD.
And David remained
in Horesh
, while
Jonathan went home
.
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
?
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
?
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.
Now, O king, come down whenever
your soul desires,
and we
will
be responsible
for
delivering
him into your
hand. ”
Saul said
, Blessed
be
you
of
Yahweh;
for you have had compassion on me.
“May
you
be
blessed
by
the
LORD,”
replied
Saul, “
for you have had compassion on me.
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
.
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
.
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.
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. ”
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.
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,
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
.
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 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.
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.
But
there
came
a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste
you,
and
come ;
for the Philistines have made
a
raid
on
the land .
Then
a messenger came
to Saul, saying, “
Come quickly,
for the Philistines have raided
the land !”
So Saul returned
from
pursuing
after
David ,
and went against
the Philistines :
therefore
they
called
that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
So Saul broke
off
his
pursuit
of
David and went to
meet
the Philistines .
That is
why
that
place is
called
Sela -
hammahlekoth.
David went up from there ,
and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
And
David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En -
gedi.
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