1Then told they David, saying,—Lo! the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing-floors.stylusJoshua 15:44, Joshua 15:44, Nehemiah 3:17, Nehemiah 3:18, Micah 6:152So David enquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Yahweh said unto David—Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.stylus1 Samuel 23:4, 1 Samuel 23:4, 2 Samuel 5:19, 2 Samuel 5:23, 2 Samuel 5:193But the men of David said unto him, Lo! we, here, in Judah, are afraid,—how much more, then, if we go to Keilah, against the ranks of the Philistines?stylusJeremiah 12:5, 1 Samuel 23:15, 1 Samuel 23:23, 1 Samuel 23:26, Psalms 11:14So David yet again enquired if Yahweh, and Yahweh answered him,—and said—Arise, go down to Keilah, for I am about to deliver the Philistines into thy hand.stylusJudges 7:7, Judges 7:7, Joshua 8:7, Joshua 8:7, Judges 6:395David therefore went, with his men, to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and drave forth their cattle, and smote them, with a great smiting, so David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.stylus6Now it came to pass, when Abiathar, son of Ahimelech, fled unto David to Keilah, that he came down with, an ephod, in his hand.stylus1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Samuel 22:20, Exodus 28:30, Exodus 28:31, 1 Samuel 14:37And, when it was told Saul that David had entered Keilah, Saul said—God hath given him over into my hand, for he hath shut himself in by entering into a city with folding doors and bar.stylus1 Samuel 24:4, 1 Samuel 24:6, 1 Samuel 24:4, 1 Samuel 24:6, Psalms 71:108So Saul summoned all the people to war,—to go down to Keilah, to besiege David, and his men.stylus9And David ascertained that, against him, Saul was contriving mischief,—so he said unto Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.stylus1 Samuel 30:7, 1 Samuel 30:7, 1 Samuel 23:6, 1 Samuel 23:6, Numbers 27:2110Then said David: O Yahweh, God of Israel, thy servant, hath heard, that Saul is seeking to come unto Keilah,—to destroy the city, for my sake:stylus1 Samuel 23:8, 1 Samuel 22:19, Genesis 18:24, Esther 3:6, Proverbs 28:1511Will the owners of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Yahweh, God of Israel, I pray thee, tell thy servant. And Yahweh said—He will come down.stylusPsalms 50:15, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Jeremiah 33:3, Psalms 50:1512Then said David, Will the owners of Keilah surrender me and my men, into the hand of Saul? And Yahweh said—They will surrender.stylusPsalms 31:8, 1 Samuel 23:20, Psalms 31:8, 1 Samuel 23:20, Psalms 62:113Then arose David and his men, about six hundred, and went forth out of Keilah, and went to and fro, whithersoever they could,—and, unto Saul, it was told that David had escaped out of Keilah, so he forbare to go forth.stylus1 Samuel 22:2, 1 Samuel 25:13, 1 Samuel 22:2, 1 Samuel 25:13, 1 Samuel 30:914Then David abode in the wilderness, in the fortresses, and he abode in the hill country, in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him continually, but God delivered him not into his hand.stylusPsalms 54:3, Psalms 54:4, Psalms 54:3, Psalms 54:4, Psalms 32:715Then David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life, David, being in the wilderness of Ziph, in the thicket.stylus16So Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went unto David in the thicket,—and strengthened his hand in God;stylusIsaiah 35:3, Isaiah 35:4, Isaiah 35:3, Isaiah 35:4, Hebrews 12:1217and said unto him,—Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee, but, thou, shalt become king over Israel, and, I, shall be, next, unto thee, yea and, Saul my father, knoweth this.stylus1 Samuel 20:31, 1 Samuel 20:31, 1 Samuel 24:20, 1 Samuel 24:20, Job 5:1118And they two solemnised a covenant before Yahweh,—and David remained in the thicket, but, Jonathan, departed to his own house.stylus1 Samuel 18:3, 2 Samuel 21:7, 1 Samuel 20:42, 1 Samuel 18:3, 2 Samuel 21:719Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul in Gibeah, saying,—Is not David hiding himself with us, in the strongholds in the thicket, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right of Jeshimon?stylus1 Samuel 26:1, 1 Samuel 26:1, 1 Samuel 26:3, 1 Samuel 26:3, Psalms 54:120Now, therefore, according to all the desire of thy soul O king, to come down, come! and, ours, [will it be] to surrender him into the hand of the king.stylus1 Samuel 23:12, 1 Samuel 23:12, 1 Kings 21:11, 1 Kings 21:14, 2 Kings 10:521Then said Saul, Blessed, be ye, of Yahweh,—because ye have taken pity upon me.stylus1 Samuel 22:8, 1 Samuel 22:8, Psalms 10:3, Isaiah 66:5, Judges 17:222Go, I pray you, make ready yet further, and get to know and see his place, where may be his track, who hath seen him there,—for it hath been said unto me, Cunning indeed, is, he!stylusJob 5:13, Job 5:1323See, then, and get to know—of all the hiding places, where he hideth himself, and return unto me, for certainty, then will I go with you,—and it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search him out, through all the thousands of Judah.stylusMark 14:10, Mark 14:11, Mark 14:1, Micah 5:2, 1 Kings 18:1024So they arose and departed to Ziph, before Saul,—but, David and his men, were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah, to the right of Jeshimon.stylus1 Samuel 25:2, Joshua 15:55, 1 Samuel 25:2, Joshua 15:5525Then Saul and his men departed, to seek [him] ; but it had been told David, and he had gone down the cliff, and taken up his abode in the wilderness of Maon,—and when Saul had, heard it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.stylus1 Samuel 23:28, Judges 15:8, 1 Samuel 23:28, Judges 15:826And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and, David and his men, on that side of the mountain,—wherefore David became hurried, to get away from the presence of Saul, but, Saul and his men, were surrounding David and his men, to capture then:stylusPsalms 17:9, Psalms 17:9, 2 Samuel 17:21, 2 Samuel 17:22, Revelation 20:927when, a messenger, came unto Saul, saying,—Haste thee and come! for the Philistines have spread over the land.stylus2 Kings 19:9, 2 Kings 19:9, Deuteronomy 32:36, Revelation 12:16, Genesis 22:1428Then returned Saul from pursuing David, and departed to meet the Philistines,—for which cause, they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth ["the Cliff of Separation"].stylus29And David went up from thence,—and abode in the strongholds of En-gedi.stylus2 Chronicles 20:2, 2 Chronicles 20:2, Joshua 15:62, Joshua 15:62, Ezekiel 47:10
