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1. And they told[H5046] David[H1732], saying[H559], Behold[H6430], the Philistines are fighting[H3898] against Keilah[H7084], and are robbing[H8154] the threshing-floors[H1637].

2. Therefore David[H1732] inquired[H7592] of Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], Shall I go[H3212] and smite[H5221] these Philistines[H6430]? And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto David[H1732], Go[H3212], and smite[H5221] the Philistines[H6430], and save[H3467] Keilah[H7084].

3. And David[H1732]'s men[H582] said[H559] unto him[H3373], Behold, we are afraid here in Judah[H3063]: how much more then if we go[H3212] to Keilah[H7084] against the armies[H4634] of the Philistines[H6430]?

4. Then David[H1732] inquired[H7592] of Jehovah[H3068] yet again[H3254]. And Jehovah[H3068] answered[H6030] him[H6030], and said, Arise[H6965], go down[H3381] to Keilah[H7084]; for I will deliver[H5414] the Philistines[H6430] into thy hand[H3027].

5. And David[H1732] and his men[H582] went[H3212] to Keilah[H7084], and fought[H3898] with the Philistines[H6430], and brought away[H5090] their cattle[H4735], and slew[H5221] them with a great[H1419] slaughter[H4347]. So David[H1732] save[H3467] the inhabitants[H3427] of Keilah[H7084].

6. And it came to pass[H54], when Abiathar the son[H1121] of Ahimelech[H288] fled[H1272] to David[H1732] to Keilah[H7084], that he came down[H3381] with an ephod[H646] in his hand[H3027].

7. And it was told[H5046] Saul[H7586] that David[H1732] was come[H935] to Keilah[H7084]. And Saul[H7586] said[H559], God[H430] hath delivered[H5234] him into my hand[H3027]; for he is shut in[H5462], by entering[H935] into a town[H5892] that hath gates[H1817] and bars[H1280].

8. And Saul[H7586] summoned[H8085] all the people[H5971] to[H8085] war[H4421], to go down[H3381] to Keilah[H7084], to besiege[H6696] David[H1732] and his men[H582].

9. And David[H1732] knew[H3045] that Saul[H7586] was devising[H2790] mischief[H7451] against him[H559]; and he said to Abiathar[H54] the priest[H3548], Bring hither[H5066] the ephod[H646].

10. Then said[H559] David[H1732], O Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], thy servant[H5650] hath surely[H8085] heard[H8085] that Saul[H7586] seeketh[H1245] to come[H935] to Keilah[H7084], to destroy[H7843] the city for my sake[H5892].

11. Will the men[H1167] of Keilah[H7084] deliver me up[H5462] into his hand[H3027]? will Saul[H7586] come down[H3381], as thy servant[H5650] hath heard[H8085]? O Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], I beseech thee[H5046], tell thy servant[H5650]. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559], He will come down[H3381].

12. Then said[H559] David[H1732], Will the men[H1167] of Keilah[H7084] deliver[H5462] up to me and my men[H582] into the hand[H3027] of Saul[H7586]? And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559], They will deliver thee up[H5462].

13. Then David[H1732] and his men[H582], who were about six[H8337] hundred[H3967], arose[H6965] and departed[H3318] out of Keilah[H7084], and went[H1980] whithersoever[H834] they could go[H1980]. And it was told[H5046] Saul[H7586] that David[H1732] was escaped[H4422] from Keilah[H7084]; and he forbare[H2308] to go forth[H3318].

14. And David[H1732] abode[H3427] in the wilderness[H4057] in the strongholds[H4679], and remained[H3427] in the hill-country[H2022] in the wilderness[H4057] of Ziph[H2128]. And Saul[H7586] sought[H1245] him every day[H3117], but God[H430] delivered[H5414] him not into his hand[H3027].

15. And David[H1732] saw[H7200] that Saul[H7586] was come out[H3318] to seek[H1245] his life[H5315]: and David[H1732] was in the wilderness[H4057] of Ziph[H2128] in the wood[H2793].

16. And Jonathan[H3083], Saul[H7586]'s son[H1121], arose[H6965], and went[H3212] to David[H1732] into the wood[H2793], and strengthened[H2388] his hand[H3027] in God[H430].

17. And he said[H559] unto him[H3372], Fear not[H3027]; for the hand of Saul[H7586] my father[H1] shall not find[H4672] thee[H4427]; and thou shalt be king over Israel[H3478], and I shall be next[H4932] unto thee[H7586]; and that also Saul my father[H1] knoweth[H3045].

18. And they two[H8147] made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068]: and David[H1732] abode[H3427] in the wood[H2793], and Jonathan[H3083] went[H1980] to his house[H1004].

19. Then came up[H5927] the Ziphites[H2130] to Saul[H7586] to Gibeah[H1390], saying[H559], Doth not David[H1732] hide[H5641] himself with us in the strongholds[H4679] in the wood[H2793], in the hill[H1389] of Hachilah[H2444], which is on the south[H3225] of the desert[H3452]?

20. Now therefore[H4428], O king, come down[H3381], according to all the desire[H185] of thy soul[H5315] to come down[H3381]; and our part shall be to deliver[H5462] him up into the king[H4428]'s hand[H3027].

21. And Saul[H7586] said[H559], Blessed[H1288] be ye of Jehovah[H3068]; for ye have had compassion on me[H2550].

22. Go[H3212], I pray you[H3559], make yet more sure[H3045], and know and see[H7200] his place[H4725] where his haunt[H7272] is[H7200], and who hath seen him there[H559]; for it is told me that he dealeth very[H6191] subtly[H6191].

23. See[H7200] therefore[H3045], and take knowledge of all the lurking-places[H4224] where he hideth[H2244] himself[H7725], and come ye again to me of a certainty[H3559], and I will go[H1980] with you[H3426]: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land[H776], that I will search[H2664] him out among all the thousands[H505] of Judah[H3063].

24. And they arose[H6965], and went[H3212] to Ziph[H2128] before[H6440] Saul[H7586]: but David[H1732] and his men[H582] were in the wilderness[H4057] of Maon[H4584], in the Arabah[H6160] on the south[H3225] of the desert[H3452].

25. And Saul[H7586] and his men[H582] went[H3212] to seek[H1245] him[H5046]. And they told David[H1732]: wherefore he came down[H3381] to the rock[H5553], and abode[H3427] in the wilderness[H4057] of Maon[H4584]. And when Saul[H7586] heard[H8085] that[H7291], he pursued after[H310] David[H1732] in the wilderness[H4057] of Maon[H4584].

26. And Saul[H7586] went[H3212] on this side[H6654] of the mountain[H2022], and David[H1732] and his men[H582] on that side[H6654] of the mountain[H2022]: and David[H1732] made haste[H2648] to get away[H3212] for fear[H6440] of Saul[H7586]; for Saul[H7586] and his men[H582] compassed[H5849] David[H1732] and his men[H582] round about[H5849] to take them[H8610].

27. But there came[H935] a messenger[H4397] unto Saul[H7586], saying[H559], Haste[H4116] thee[H3212], and come; for the Philistines[H6430] have made a raid[H6584] upon the land[H776].

28. So Saul[H7586] returned[H7725] from pursuing[H7291] after[H310] David[H1732], and went[H3212] against[H7125] the Philistines[H6430]: therefore they called[H7121] that place[H4725] Sela-hammahlekoth[H5555].

29. And David[H1732] went up[H5927] from thence[H3427], and dwelt in the strongholds[H4679] of En-gedi[H5872].