1 Samuel 23:10
Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.
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- Gen 18:24 : 24 If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?
- 1 Sam 22:19 : 19 And Nob, the town of the priests, he put to the sword, all the men and women, children and babies at the breast, and oxen and asses and sheep.
- 1 Sam 23:8 : 8 And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men.
- Esth 3:6 : 6 But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
- Prov 28:15 : 15 Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.
- Rom 3:15-16 : 15 Their feet are quick in running after blood; 16 Destruction and trouble are in their ways;
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- 1 Sam 23:11-155 verses88%
11And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.
12Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.
13Then David and his men, about six hundred of them, went out of Keilah, and got away wherever they were able to go. And Saul, hearing that David had got away from Keilah, did not go there.
14And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.
15And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.
- 1 Sam 23:1-55 verses85%
1And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.
2So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.
3And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
4Then David put the question to the Lord again, and the Lord answering said, Up! go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hands.
5So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.
- 1 Sam 23:7-93 verses84%
7And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.
8And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men.
9And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.
- 1 Sam 24:9-102 verses81%
9And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.
10And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?
- 1 Sam 26:17-182 verses77%
17And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.
18And he said, Why does my lord go armed against his servant? what have I done? or what evil is there in me?
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1And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.
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10And David, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? and will you give them into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up; for I will give them into your hands.
- 1 Sam 17:31-322 verses76%
31And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.
32And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.
- 1 Sam 22:12-132 verses76%
12And Saul said, Give ear now, O son of Ahitub. And answering he said, Here I am, my lord.
13And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now?
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10Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.
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16For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.
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24And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.
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4And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.
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9Then Doeg, the Edomite, who was by the side of the servants of Saul, in answer said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub.
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23So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.
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23Keep here with me and have no fear; for he who has designs on my life has designs on yours: but with me you will be safe.
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18For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.
- 1 Sam 24:15-162 verses74%
15After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.
16So let the Lord be judge, and give a decision between me and you, and see and give support to my cause, and keep me from falling into your hands.
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10And David said, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.
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20So now, O king, have your soul's desire and come down, and we, for our part, will give him up into the king's hands.
- 1 Sam 23:25-262 verses74%
25And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.
26And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.
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1And Saul gave orders to his son Jonathan and to all his servants to put David to death. But Saul's son Jonathan had great delight in David.
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37And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.
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4And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow.
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22So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.
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16And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.
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45Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.
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34And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
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15And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them.
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8And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.
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14And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?
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3And David said to him, Where have you come from? And he said, I have come in flight from the tents of Israel.
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22Then David said, Here is the king's spear! let one of the young men come over and get it.
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19And David, desiring directions from the Lord, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? will you give them up into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up, for I will certainly give up the Philistines into your hands.