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 .