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

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}

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

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

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}

And it came to pass, when Abiathar{H54} 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}

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}

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}

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

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{H5892} for my sake.

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, tell{H5046} thy servant.{H5650} And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} He will come down.{H3381}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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

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

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}

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}

Now therefore, O king,{H4428} 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's{H4428} hand.{H3027}

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

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

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

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}

And Saul{H7586} and his men{H582} went{H3212} to seek{H1245} him. And they told{H5046} 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], he pursued{H7291} after{H310} David{H1732} in the wilderness{H4057} of Maon.{H4584}

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{H8610} them.

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

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}

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