Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
they
declare
to David, saying,
`Lo
, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah ,
and they
are
spoiling
the threshing -
floors. '
Now
it
was
reported
to David, “Look
, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting
the threshing floors. ”
And
David asketh
at
Jehovah,
saying
, `Do
I go ?
--
and have
I
smitten
among
these Philistines? '
And Jehovah
saith
unto
David, `
Go ,
and thou
hast
smitten
among
the Philistines ,
and saved
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. ”
And
David's
men say
unto
him, `Lo
, we here in Judah are
afraid
; and
how much more when
we go to Keilah ,
unto
the ranks
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? ”
And
David
addeth
again to
ask
at
Jehovah
, and
Jehovah
answereth
him
, and saith,
`Rise,
go down
to Keilah, for I am
giving
the Philistines into thy
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. ”
And
David goeth,
and his men ,
to Keilah, and
fighteth
with
the Philistines, and leadeth
away
their cattle
, and
smiteth
among
them --
a great
smiting,
and
David saveth
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.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
in
the
fleeing
of
Abiathar son of Ahimelech unto
David,
to Keilah ,
an
ephod
came
down
in
his
hand
.
(Now
Abiathar son of Ahimelech had
brought
the
ephod
with
him
when
he
fled
to David
at
Keilah. )
And
it
is
declared
to
Saul that David hath
come
in
to Keilah, and
Saul
saith
, `
God hath
made
him known
for
my hand, for he hath
been
shut
in,
to
enter
into
a city
of
doors
and bar
. '
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
. ”
And
Saul summoneth
the
whole
of
the
people
to
battle,
to go down
to Keilah ,
to
lay
siege
unto
David and unto
his men.
Then
Saul summoned
all
his
troops
to go to war
at
Keilah and
besiege
David and his men.
And
David knoweth
that against
him
Saul is
devising
the
evil, and
saith
unto
Abiathar the priest, `
Bring nigh
the ephod. '
When
David learned
that Saul was
plotting
evil against
him
, he
said
to
Abiathar the priest, “
Bring the ephod. ”
And David saith
, `Jehovah
, God of Israel, Thy
servant hath
certainly
heard that Saul is
seeking
to come in
unto
Keilah,
to destroy the city on mine
account.
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.
Do
the possessors
of Keilah shut
me up
into his hand? doth
Saul come down as Thy
servant hath
heard? Jehovah
, God of Israel, declare,
I
pray
Thee,
to
Thy
servant. '
And
Jehovah
saith,
`
He doth
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
.
And
David saith
, `Do
the possessors
of Keilah shut
me up,
and my men ,
into the hand of Saul? '
And
Jehovah
saith,
`
They shut
`thee'
up
. '
So
David asked
, “Will
the citizens
of Keilah surrender
me and my men into the hand of Saul? ”
“
They will,”
said
the
LORD
.
And
David riseth
--
and his men --
about six hundred men
, and
they
go
out from Keilah, and
go
up
and
down
where
they
go
up
and
down;
and
to Saul it
hath
been
declared
that David hath
escaped from Keilah, and
he ceaseth
to go out
.
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
.
And David abideth
in the wilderness ,
in
fortresses,
and abideth
in the hill -
country ,
in
the wilderness of Ziph ;
and
Saul seeketh
him all
the
days
, and
God hath
not given
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.
And
David seeth
that Saul hath
come out to seek
his life ,
and
David
`is'
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph,
in
a
forest
.
While
David was
in
Horesh
in
the
Wilderness
of
Ziph,
he
saw
that Saul had
come out to take
his life.
And Jonathan
son of
Saul
riseth,
and
goeth
unto
David
to the
forest,
and strengtheneth
his hand in God,
And Saul’s
son Jonathan
came
to David
in
Horesh
and strengthened
his hand in God,
and
saith
unto
him
, `Fear
not, for the
hand
of
Saul
my father doth
not
find
thee,
and thou
dost
reign
over Israel, and I am
to
thee
for
second ,
and
also
so
knoweth
Saul
my father. '
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
. ”
And
they
make
a
covenant
both
of them before Jehovah;
and David abideth
in the
forest
, and
Jonathan hath
gone
to
his
house
.
So
the
two
of them made
a
covenant
before the
LORD.
And David remained
in Horesh
, while
Jonathan went
home
.
And
the Ziphites go
up unto
Saul
to Gibeah ,
saying
, `
Is not David hiding himself
with
us in fortresses,
in
the forest
, in
the height
of Hachilah ,
which
`is'
on
the
south of the
desolate
place
?
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
?
And,
now, by
all
the
desire
of
thy
soul,
O king, to
come down ,
come
down
, and ours
`is'
to
shut
him up
into the
hand of
the
king
. '
Now, O king, come down whenever
your
soul
desires
, and we
will
be
responsible
for
delivering
him into your
hand. ”
And
Saul
saith,
`
Blessed `are'
ye
of
Jehovah
, for ye
have pity
on me ;
“May
you
be
blessed by
the
LORD
, ”
replied
Saul,
“
for you
have had
compassion
on me .
go ,
I
pray
you,
prepare
yet,
and know
and see
his
place
where his
foot
is;
who hath
seen him there ?
for
`one'
hath
said
unto
me
, He is very
subtile
.
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
.
And
see
and know
of
all the hiding-
places where he hideth
himself,
and
ye
have
turned
back unto
me prepared
, and I have
gone
with you ,
and
it
hath
been,
if he is in the land, that
I have
searched
him out through
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. ”
And
they rise
and go
to Ziph before
Saul ,
and
David and his men `are'
in the wilderness of Maon ,
in the plain,
at
the
south of the
desolate
place.
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,
And Saul and his men go
to seek ,
and
they
declare
to
David, and
he goeth
down the rock ,
and abideth
in the wilderness of Maon ;
and Saul heareth
, and
pursueth
after
David `to'
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
.
And
Saul goeth
on
this
side of the mountain, and David and his men on
that
side
of
the mountain,
and
David is
hastened
to go
from
the
face
of
Saul
, and
Saul and his men are
compassing
David and his men ,
to catch
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.
And
a messenger hath
come
in
unto
Saul, saying, `Haste,
and
come, for the Philistines have pushed
against
the land .'
Then
a messenger came
to
Saul, saying, “
Come quickly
, for the Philistines have raided
the land !”
And
Saul turneth
back
from
pursuing
after
David ,
and goeth
to meet the Philistines ,
therefore
they
have
called
that place `The
Rock
of
Divisions
. '
So
Saul broke
off
his
pursuit
of
David and went
to meet the Philistines .
That is
why
that
place is
called
Sela-hammahlekoth
.
And David goeth
up thence,
and abideth
in fortresses
`at'
En-gedi.
And David went
up from
there
and lived
in the
strongholds
of
En-gedi.
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