{"id":820,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/?p=820"},"modified":"2020-03-07T11:08:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T16:08:41","slug":"1sa23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa23\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Samuel 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 23<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Therefore 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And David\u2019s 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?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> he came down <span class=\"add\">with<\/span> an ephod in his hand. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">thee<\/span> up. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then David and his men, <span class=\"add\">which were<\/span> 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Jonathan Saul\u2019s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> on the south of Jeshimon?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part <span class=\"add\">shall be<\/span> to deliver him into the king\u2019s hand.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Saul said, Blessed <span class=\"add\">be<\/span> ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> who hath seen him there: for it is told me <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> he dealeth very subtilly.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men <span class=\"add\">were<\/span> in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Saul also and his men went to seek <span class=\"add\">him.<\/span> And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard <span class=\"add\">that,<\/span> he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\">27\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V28\">28\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V29\">29\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>1 Samuel Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa26\">26<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa27\">27<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa28\">28<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa29\">29<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa30\">30<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1sa31\">31<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 1\u00a0Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. 2\u00a0Therefore 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. 3\u00a0And David\u2019s 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? 4\u00a0Then 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. 5\u00a0So 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. 6\u00a0And 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. 7\u00a0And 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. 8\u00a0And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. 9\u00a0And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. 10\u00a0Then 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. 11\u00a0Will 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. 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