1 Samuel 23:7

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And 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.

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  • 1 Sam 24:4-6 : 4 And 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. 5 And David's men said to him, Now is the time when the Lord says to you, I will give up your hater into your hands to do with him whatever seems good to you. Then David, getting up, took the skirt of Saul's robe in his hand, cutting off the end of it without his knowledge. 6 And later, David was full of regret for cutting off Saul's skirt.
  • 1 Sam 26:8-9 : 8 Then Abishai said to David, God has given up your hater into your hands today; now let me give him one blow through to the earth with his spear, and there will be no need to give him a second. 9 And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
  • Ps 71:10-11 : 10 For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs, 11 Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.
  • Luke 19:43-44 : 43 For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side, 44 And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.
  • Exod 14:3 : 3 And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land.
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.
  • Judg 16:2-3 : 2 And it was said to the Gazites, Samson is here. So they went round, watching for him all day at the doorway of the town, but at night they kept quiet, saying, When daylight comes we will put him to death. 3 And Samson was there till the middle of the night; then he got up, and took a grip on the doors of the town, pulling them up, together with their two supports and their locks, and put them on his back and took them up to the top of the hill in front of Hebron.
  • 1 Sam 23:14 : 14 And 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.

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  • 1 Sam 23:8-16
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    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.

    9 And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.

    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.

    11 And 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.

    12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.

    13 Then 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.

    14 And 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.

    15 And 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.

    16 And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;

  • 1 Sam 23:1-6
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    1 And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.

    2 So 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.

    3 And 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?

    4 Then 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.

    5 So 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.

    6 Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 24:3-4
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    3 Then Saul took three thousand of the best men out of all Israel, and went in search of David and his men on the rocks of the mountain goats.

    4 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
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    22 So 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.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
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    37 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
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    31 And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
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    1 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 23:25-27
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    25 And 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.

    26 And 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.

    27 But a man came to Saul saying, Be quick and come; for the Philistines have made an attack on the land.

  • 1 Sam 22:13
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    13 And 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?

  • 1 Sam 24:9-10
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    9 And 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.

    10 And 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 26:3-4
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    3 And Saul put up his tents on the hill of Hachilah, which is in front of the waste land on the road. But David was in the waste land, and he saw that Saul was coming after him.

    4 And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.

  • 1 Sam 24:1
    72%

    1 And from there, David went up and took cover in the safe place of En-gedi.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    72%

    24 And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.

  • 1 Sam 22:6
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    6 And news was given to Saul that David had been seen, and the men who were with him: now Saul was in Gibeah, seated under the tree in the high place, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were in their places before him.

  • 2 Sam 22:1-2
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    1 And David made a song to the Lord in these words, on the day when the Lord made him free from the hands of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul:

    2 And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;

  • 1 Sam 24:7
    71%

    7 And David said to his men, Before the Lord, never let it be said that my hand was lifted up against my lord, the man of the Lord's selection, for the Lord's holy oil has been put on him.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10 Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
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    7 And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57 And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 23:19-21
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    19 Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land?

    20 So 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.

    21 And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.

  • 1 Sam 17:34
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    34 And 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,

  • 1 Sam 19:10
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    10 And Saul would have sent his spear through him, pinning him to the wall, but he got away and the spear went into the wall: and that night David went in flight and got away.

  • 1 Chr 14:10
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    10 And 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 21:8
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    8 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 23:23
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    23 So 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.

  • 1 Sam 27:4
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    4 And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.

  • 1 Sam 18:11-12
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    11 And Saul, balancing the spear in his hand, said, I will give David a blow, pinning him to the wall. And David got away from him twice.

    12 And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 15:5
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    5 And Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly.