Thus I will strengthen them by my power, and they will walk about in my name,” says the Lord.

Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!

The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.

They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.

Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!

So David and his men, who numbered about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they moved around from one place to another. When told that David had escaped from Keilah, Saul called a halt to his expedition.