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1 Samuel 23:1-25

23:1

Then they told
<05046> (8686)

David
<01732>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Behold, the Philistines
<06430>

fight
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against Keilah
<07084>_,

and they rob
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the threshingfloors
<01637>_.

23:2

Therefore David
<01732>

enquired
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of the LORD
<03068>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Shall I go
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and smite
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these Philistines
<06430>_?

And the LORD
<03068>

said
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unto David
<01732>_,

Go
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and smite
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the Philistines
<06430>_,

and save
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Keilah
<07084>_.

23:3

And David's
<01732>

men
<0582>

said
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unto him, Behold, we be afraid
<03373>

here in Judah
<03063>_:

how much more then if we come
<03212> (8799)

to Keilah
<07084>

against the armies
<04634>

of the Philistines
<06430>_?

23:4

Then David
<01732>

enquired
<07592> (8800)

of the LORD
<03068>

yet again
<03254> (8686)_.

And the LORD
<03068>

answered
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him and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Arise
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go down
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to Keilah
<07084>_;

for I will deliver
<05414> (8802)

the Philistines
<06430>

into thine hand
<03027>_.

23:5

So David
<01732>

and his men
<0582>

went
<03212> (8799)

to Keilah
<07084>_,

and fought
<03898> (8735)

with the Philistines
<06430>_,

and brought away
<05090> (8799)

their cattle
<04735>_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

them with a great
<01419>

slaughter
<04347>_.

So David
<01732>

saved
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the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Keilah
<07084>_.

23:6

And it came to pass, when Abiathar
<054>

the son
<01121>

of Ahimelech
<0288>

fled
<01272> (8800)

to David
<01732>

to Keilah
<07084>_,

[that] he came down
<03381> (8804)

[with] an ephod
<0646>

in his hand
<03027>_.

23:7

And it was told
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Saul
<07586>

that David
<01732>

was come
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to Keilah
<07084>_.

And Saul
<07586>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

God
<0430>

hath delivered
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him into mine hand
<03027>_;

for he is shut in
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by entering
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into a town
<05892>

that hath gates
<01817>

and bars
<01280>_.

23:8

And Saul
<07586>

called
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all the people
<05971>

together
<08085> (8762)

to war
<04421>_,

to go down
<03381> (8800)

to Keilah
<07084>_,

to besiege
<06696> (8800)

David
<01732>

and his men
<0582>_.

23:9

And David
<01732>

knew
<03045> (8799)

that Saul
<07586>

secretly practised
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mischief
<07451>

against him; and he said
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to Abiathar
<054>

the priest
<03548>_,

Bring hither
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the ephod
<0646>_.

23:10

Then said
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David
<01732>_,

O LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

thy servant
<05650>

hath certainly
<08085> (8800)

heard
<08085> (8804)

that Saul
<07586>

seeketh
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to come
<0935> (8800)

to Keilah
<07084>_,

to destroy
<07843> (8763)

the city
<05892>

for my sake.

23:11

Will the men
<01167>

of Keilah
<07084>

deliver me up
<05462> (8686)

into his hand
<03027>_?

will Saul
<07586>

come down
<03381> (8799)_,

as thy servant
<05650>

hath heard
<08085> (8804)_?

O LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

I beseech thee, tell
<05046> (8685)

thy servant
<05650>_.

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

He will come down
<03381> (8799)_.

23:12

Then said
<0559> (8799)

David
<01732>_,

Will the men
<01167>

of Keilah
<07084>

deliver
<05462> (8686)

me and my men
<0582>

into the hand
<03027>

of Saul
<07586>_?

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

They will deliver [thee] up
<05462> (8686)_.

{deliver: Heb. shut up}

23:13

Then David
<01732>

and his men
<0582>_,

[which were] about six
<08337>

hundred
<03967> <0376>_,

arose
<06965> (8799)

and departed
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out of Keilah
<07084>_,

and went
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whithersoever
<0834>

they could go
<01980> (8691)_.

And it was told
<05046> (8717)

Saul
<07586>

that David
<01732>

was escaped
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from Keilah
<07084>_;

and he forbare
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to go forth
<03318> (8800)_.

23:14

And David
<01732>

abode
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in the wilderness
<04057>

in strong holds
<04679>_,

and remained
<03427> (8799)

in a mountain
<02022>

in the wilderness
<04057>

of Ziph
<02128>_.

And Saul
<07586>

sought
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him every day
<03117>_,

but God
<0430>

delivered
<05414> (8804)

him not into his hand
<03027>_.

23:15

And David
<01732>

saw
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that Saul
<07586>

was come out
<03318> (8804)

to seek
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his life
<05315>_:

and David
<01732>

[was] in the wilderness
<04057>

of Ziph
<02128>

in a wood
<02793>_.

23:16

And Jonathan
<03083>

Saul's
<07586>

son
<01121>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

to David
<01732>

into the wood
<02793>_,

and strengthened
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his hand
<03027>

in God
<0430>_.

23:17

And he said
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unto him, Fear
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not: for the hand
<03027>

of Saul
<07586>

my father
<01>

shall not find
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thee; and thou shalt be king
<04427> (8799)

over Israel
<03478>_,

and I shall be next
<04932>

unto thee; and that also Saul
<07586>

my father
<01>

knoweth
<03045> (8802)_.

23:18

And they two
<08147>

made
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a covenant
<01285>

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_:

and David
<01732>

abode
<03427> (8799)

in the wood
<02793>_,

and Jonathan
<03083>

went
<01980> (8804)

to his house
<01004>_.

23:19

Then came up
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the Ziphites
<02130>

to Saul
<07586>

to Gibeah
<01390>_,

saying
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Doth not David
<01732>

hide
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himself with us in strong holds
<04679>

in the wood
<02793>_,

in the hill
<01389>

of Hachilah
<02444>_,

which [is] on the south
<03225>

of Jeshimon
<03452>_?

{on...: Heb. on the right hand} {Jeshimon: or, the wilderness}

23:20

Now therefore, O king
<04428>_,

come down
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according to all the desire
<0185>

of thy soul
<05315>

to come down
<03381> (8800)_;

and our part [shall be] to deliver
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him into the king's
<04428>

hand
<03027>_.

23:21

And Saul
<07586>

said
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Blessed
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[be] ye of the LORD
<03068>_;

for ye have compassion
<02550> (8804)

on me.

23:22

Go
<03212> (8798)_,

I pray you, prepare
<03559> (8685)

yet, and know
<03045> (8798)

and see
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his place
<04725>

where his haunt
<07272>

is, [and] who hath seen
<07200> (8804)

him there: for it is told
<0559> (8804)

me [that] he dealeth very
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subtilly
<06191> (8686)_.

{haunt...: Heb. foot shall be}

23:23

See
<07200> (8798)

therefore, and take knowledge
<03045> (8798)

of all the lurking places
<04224>

where he hideth
<02244> (8691)

himself, and come ye again
<07725> (8804)

to me with the certainty
<03559> (8737)_,

and I will go
<01980> (8804)

with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be
<03426>

in the land
<0776>_,

that I will search
<02664> (8765)

him out throughout all the thousands
<0505>

of Judah
<03063>_.

23:24

And they arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

to Ziph
<02128>

before
<06440>

Saul
<07586>_:

but David
<01732>

and his men
<0582>

[were] in the wilderness
<04057>

of Maon
<04584>_,

in the plain
<06160>

on the south
<03225>

of Jeshimon
<03452>_.

23:25

Saul
<07586>

also and his men
<0582>

went
<03212> (8799)

to seek
<01245> (8763)

[him]. And they told
<05046> (8686)

David
<01732>_:

wherefore he came down
<03381> (8799)

into a rock
<05553>_,

and abode
<03427> (8799)

in the wilderness
<04057>

of Maon
<04584>_.

And when Saul
<07586>

heard
<08085> (8799)

[that], he pursued
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after
<0310>

David
<01732>

in the wilderness
<04057>

of Maon
<04584>_.

{into...: or, from the rock}