1Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Josh 15:44Mic 6:15Neh 3:17-18Deut 28:33Deut 28:51Judg 6:4Lev 26:16Judg 6:11
2Therefore David enquired 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 23:42 Sam 5:192 Sam 5:231 Sam 23:61 Sam 23:9-121 Sam 30:8Jer 10:23Josh 9:141 Chr 14:10Judg 1:1
3And 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? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 23:151 Sam 23:231 Sam 23:26Jer 12:5Ps 11:1
4Then David enquired 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 7:7Josh 8:71 Sam 28:62 Kgs 3:182 Sam 5:19Judg 6:39
5So 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
6And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 22:201 Sam 14:181 Sam 14:31 Sam 14:36-37Exod 28:30-31
7And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 24:4-61 Sam 23:141 Sam 26:8-9Job 20:5Ps 71:10-11Exod 14:3Exod 15:9Judg 16:2-3Luke 19:43-44
8And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
9And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 30:71 Sam 23:6Num 27:211 Sam 14:181 Sam 22:20Acts 14:6Acts 23:16-18Acts 9:24Jer 11:18-19Jer 33:3
10Then 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 22:191 Sam 23:8Esth 3:6Gen 18:24Prov 28:15Rom 3:15-16
11Will 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 33:3Matt 7:7-8Ps 50:15
12Then 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 23:20Ps 31:8Ps 62:11 Sam 23:7Eccl 9:14-15Heb 4:13Isa 29:15Ps 118:8
13Then 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 22:21 Sam 25:131 Sam 30:9-102 Sam 15:20
14And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 54:3-4Ps 32:7Josh 15:24Josh 15:552 Tim 3:11Rom 8:311 Sam 23:71 Sam 27:12 Tim 4:17-18Jer 36:26
15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
16And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 35:3-4Heb 12:12-13Job 4:3-42 Tim 2:1Eph 6:10Luke 22:321 Sam 30:6Luke 22:43Neh 2:18Prov 27:9
17And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 20:311 Sam 24:20Acts 28:16Heb 13:6Isa 54:17Job 5:11-15Acts 5:39Isa 41:10Isa 41:14Luke 12:32
18And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 18:31 Sam 20:422 Sam 21:72 Sam 9:11 Sam 20:12-17
19Then 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? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 26:11 Sam 26:3Ps 54:1-71 Sam 22:7-8Prov 29:12
20Now 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 23:121 Kgs 21:11-142 Kgs 10:5-72 Sam 3:21Deut 18:6Prov 11:23Prov 29:26Ps 112:10Ps 54:3
21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 22:8Isa 66:5Judg 17:2Mic 3:11Ps 10:3
22Go, 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 subtilly. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Job 5:13
23See 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 18:102 Sam 17:11-13John 18:2-3Mark 14:1Mark 14:10-11Mic 5:2Num 10:36Prov 1:16Rom 3:15-16
24And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 25:2Josh 15:55
25Saul 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 23:28Judg 15:8
26And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 17:91 Sam 19:121 Sam 20:382 Chr 20:122 Cor 1:82 Sam 15:142 Sam 17:21-22Ps 118:11-13Ps 140:1-9Ps 17:11
27But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 19:9Ps 116:31 Chr 14:13Deut 32:36Gen 22:14Rev 12:16
28Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela–hammahlekoth. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
29And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En–gedi. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 20:2Josh 15:62Ezek 47:10Song 1:141 Sam 24:1Gen 14:7
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