1 Samuel 23:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמֶר֮ דָּוִד֒ יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שָׁמֹ֤עַ שָׁמַע֙ עַבְדְּךָ֔ כִּֽי־מְבַקֵּ֥שׁ שָׁא֖וּל לָב֣וֹא אֶל־קְעִילָ֑ה לְשַׁחֵ֥ת לָעִ֖יר בַּעֲבוּרִֽי

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer Dāwid: YHWH ʾĕlōhê Yiśrāʾēl, šāmōaʿ šāmaʿ your servant, kî-mᵊbaqqēš Šāʾûl lābôʾ to Qᵊʿîlāh lᵊšaḥēt for the city baʿăbûrî

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular
*YHWH*: divine name
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Israel
*šāmōaʿ* *šāmaʿ*: Qal infinitive absolute + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - surely has heard
*ʿabdᵊkā*: noun, masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your servant
*kî*: conjunction - that
*mᵊbaqqēš*: Piel participle, masculine singular - seeking
*Šāʾûl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Saul
*lābôʾ*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to come
*Qᵊʿîlāh*: proper noun, place name
*lᵊšaḥēt*: preposition + Piel infinitive construct - to destroy
*ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular - city
*baʿăbûrî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - because of me

Word Meanings

*wayyōʾmer*: and he said/and he spoke/and he declared
*ʾĕlōhê*: God of/deity of
*šāmōaʿ* *šāmaʿ*: surely has heard/definitely has heard/has certainly heard
*mᵊbaqqēš*: seeking/trying/planning
*lābôʾ*: to come/to enter/to arrive
*lᵊšaḥēt*: to destroy/to ruin/to devastate
*baʿăbûrî*: because of me/on my account/for my sake

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Referenced Verses

Gen 18:24 : 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
1 Sam 22:19 : 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
1 Sam 23:8 : 8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
Esth 3:6 : 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Rom 3:15-16 : 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Sam 23:11-15
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88%
11Will 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.
12Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
13Then David and his men, which were 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.
14And 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.
15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
1 Sam 23:1-5
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1Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
2Therefore 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.
3And David's 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?
4Then 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.
5So 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.
1 Sam 23:7-9
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84%
7And 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.
8And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
9And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
1 Sam 24:9-10
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81%
9And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
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1 Sam 26:17-18
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17And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
18And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
1 Sam 27:1
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1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
1 Chr 14:10
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10And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
1 Sam 17:31-32
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31And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
32And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
1 Sam 22:12-13
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12And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
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1 Sam 21:10
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10And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
2 Sam 14:16
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16For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
1 Sam 18:24
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24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
1 Sam 26:4
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1 Sam 22:9
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9Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
1 Sam 23:23
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1 Sam 22:23
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23Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
2 Sam 3:18
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18Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
1 Sam 24:15-16
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15The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
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1 Sam 26:10
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10David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
1 Sam 23:20
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20Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
1 Sam 23:25-26
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25Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
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1 Sam 19:1
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1And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
1 Sam 17:37
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37David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
1 Sam 24:4
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1 Sam 24:22
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2 Sam 1:16
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1 Sam 17:45
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1 Sam 17:34
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1 Sam 30:15
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2 Sam 5:19
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