Dual Panel1Then they told <05046> (8686) David <01732>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Behold, the Philistines <06430> fight <03898> (8737) against Keilah <07084>_, and they rob <08154> (8802) the threshingfloors <01637>_.
2Therefore David <01732> enquired <07592> (8799) of the LORD <03068>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Shall I go <03212> (8799) and smite <05221> (8689) these Philistines <06430>_? And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>_, Go <03212> (8798)_, and smite <05221> (8689) the Philistines <06430>_, and save <03467> (8689) Keilah <07084>_.
3And David's <01732> men <0582> said <0559> (8799) 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>_?
4Then David <01732> enquired <07592> (8800) of the LORD <03068> yet again <03254> (8686)_. And the LORD <03068> answered <06030> (8799) him and said <0559> (8799)_, Arise <06965> (8798)_, go down <03381> (8798) to Keilah <07084>_; for I will deliver <05414> (8802) the Philistines <06430> into thine hand <03027>_.
5So 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 <03467> (8686) the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Keilah <07084>_.
6And 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>_.
7And it was told <05046> (8714) Saul <07586> that David <01732> was come <0935> (8804) to Keilah <07084>_. And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799)_, God <0430> hath delivered <05234> (8765) him into mine hand <03027>_; for he is shut in <05462> (8738)_, by entering <0935> (8800) into a town <05892> that hath gates <01817> and bars <01280>_.
8And Saul <07586> called <08085> (0) 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>_.
9And David <01732> knew <03045> (8799) that Saul <07586> secretly practised <02790> (8688) mischief <07451> against him; and he said <0559> (8799) to Abiathar <054> the priest <03548>_, Bring hither <05066> (8685) the ephod <0646>_.
10Then said <0559> (8799) David <01732>_, O LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, thy servant <05650> hath certainly <08085> (8800) heard <08085> (8804) that Saul <07586> seeketh <01245> (8764) to come <0935> (8800) to Keilah <07084>_, to destroy <07843> (8763) the city <05892> for my sake.
11Will 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)_.
12Then 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}
13Then David <01732> and his men <0582>_, [which were] about six <08337> hundred <03967> <0376>_, arose <06965> (8799) and departed <03318> (8799) out of Keilah <07084>_, and went <01980> (8691) whithersoever <0834> they could go <01980> (8691)_. And it was told <05046> (8717) Saul <07586> that David <01732> was escaped <04422> (8738) from Keilah <07084>_; and he forbare <02308> (8799) to go forth <03318> (8800)_.
14And David <01732> abode <03427> (8799) 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 <01245> (8762) him every day <03117>_, but God <0430> delivered <05414> (8804) him not into his hand <03027>_.
15And David <01732> saw <07200> (8799) that Saul <07586> was come out <03318> (8804) to seek <01245> (8763) his life <05315>_: and David <01732> [was] in the wilderness <04057> of Ziph <02128> in a wood <02793>_.
16And Jonathan <03083> Saul's <07586> son <01121> arose <06965> (8799)_, and went <03212> (8799) to David <01732> into the wood <02793>_, and strengthened <02388> (8762) his hand <03027> in God <0430>_.
17And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Fear <03372> (8799) not: for the hand <03027> of Saul <07586> my father <01> shall not find <04672> (8799) 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)_.
18And they two <08147> made <03772> (8799) 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>_.
19Then came up <05927> (8799) the Ziphites <02130> to Saul <07586> to Gibeah <01390>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Doth not David <01732> hide <05641> (8693) 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}
20Now therefore, O king <04428>_, come down <03381> (8798) according to all the desire <0185> of thy soul <05315> to come down <03381> (8800)_; and our part [shall be] to deliver <05462> (8687) him into the king's <04428> hand <03027>_.
21And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799)_, Blessed <01288> (8803) [be] ye of the LORD <03068>_; for ye have compassion <02550> (8804) on me.
22Go <03212> (8798)_, I pray you, prepare <03559> (8685) yet, and know <03045> (8798) and see <07200> (8798) 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 <06191> (8800) subtilly <06191> (8686)_. {haunt...: Heb. foot shall be}
23See <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>_.
24And 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>_.
25Saul <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 <07291> (8799) after <0310> David <01732> in the wilderness <04057> of Maon <04584>_. {into...: or, from the rock}
26And Saul <07586> went <03212> (8799) on this side <06654> of the mountain <02022>_, and David <01732> and his men <0582> on that side <06654> of the mountain <02022>_: and David <01732> made haste <02648> (8737) to get away <03212> (8800) for fear <06440> of Saul <07586>_; for Saul <07586> and his men <0582> compassed <05849> (0) David <01732> and his men <0582> round about <05849> (8802) to take <08610> (8800) them.
27But there came <0935> (8804) a messenger <04397> unto Saul <07586>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Haste <04116> (8761) thee, and come <03212> (8798)_; for the Philistines <06430> have invaded <06584> (8804) the land <0776>_. {invaded...: Heb. spread themselves upon, etc}
28Wherefore Saul <07586> returned <07725> (8799) from pursuing <07291> (8800) after <0310> David <01732>_, and went <03212> (8799) against <07125> (8800) the Philistines <06430>_: therefore they called <07121> (8804) that place <04725> Selahammahlekoth <05555>_. {Selahammahlekoth: that is, The rock of divisions}
29And David <01732> went up <05927> (8799) from thence, and dwelt <03427> (8799) in strong holds <04679> at Engedi <05872>_.