1 Samuel 23:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

David asked,“Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me and my men into Saul’s hand?” The LORD said,“They will deliver you over.”

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 23:20 : 20 Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king’s hand will be our responsibility.”
  • Ps 31:8 : 8 You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.
  • Ps 62:1 : 1 For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.
  • Ps 118:8 : 8 It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people.
  • Eccl 9:14-15 : 14 There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it. 15 However, a poor but wise man lived in the city, and he could have delivered the city by his wisdom, but no one listened to that poor man.
  • Isa 29:15 : 15 Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast,“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”
  • Heb 4:13 : 13 And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.
  • 1 Sam 23:7 : 7 When Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, Saul said,“God has delivered him into my hand, for he has boxed himself into a corner by entering a city with two barred gates.”

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  • 1 Sam 23:10-11
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    91%

    10Then David said,“O LORD God of Israel, your servant has clearly heard that Saul is planning to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.

    11Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down as your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, please inform your servant!”Then the LORD said,“He will come down.”

  • 1 Sam 23:1-5
    5 verses
    85%

    1David Delivers the City of Keilah They told David,“The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing floors.”

    2So David asked the LORD,“Should I go and strike down these Philistines?” The LORD said to David,“Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.”

    3But David’s men said to him,“We are afraid while we are still here in Judah! What will it be like if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

    4So David asked the LORD once again. But again the LORD replied,“Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.”

    5So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • 1 Sam 23:13-15
    3 verses
    83%

    13So David and his men, who numbered about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they moved around from one place to another. When told that David had escaped from Keilah, Saul called a halt to his expedition.

    14David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, but God did not deliver David into his hand.

    15David realized that Saul had come out to seek his life; at that time David was in Horesh in the wilderness of Ziph.

  • 1 Sam 23:7-8
    2 verses
    82%

    7When Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, Saul said,“God has delivered him into my hand, for he has boxed himself into a corner by entering a city with two barred gates.”

    8So Saul mustered all his army to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men.

  • 1 Sam 24:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?

    10Today your own eyes see how the LORD delivered you– this very day– into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity on you and said,‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’s chosen one.’

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    78%

    37David went on to say,“The LORD who delivered me from the lion and the bear will also deliver me from the hand of this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David,“Go! The LORD will be with you.”

  • 1 Chr 14:10
    77%

    10David asked God,“Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The LORD said to him,“March up! I will hand them over to you!”

  • 2 Sam 5:19
    77%

    19So David asked the LORD,“Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The LORD said to David,“March up, for I will indeed hand the Philistines over to you.”

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    77%

    1David Aligns Himself with the Philistines David thought to himself,“One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    77%

    22David promised Saul this on oath. Then Saul went to his house, and David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 30:23
    77%

    23But David said,“No! You shouldn’t do this, my brothers. Look at what the LORD has given us! He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.

  • 1 Sam 30:15
    76%

    15David said to him,“Can you take us down to this raiding party?” He said,“Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to this raiding party.”

  • 1 Sam 24:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave.

    4David’s men said to him,“This is the day about which the LORD said to you,‘I will give your enemy into your hand, and you can do to him whatever seems appropriate to you.’” So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

  • 1 Sam 24:7
    76%

    7David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down the road.

  • 2 Sam 22:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1David Sings to the Lord David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul.

    2He said:“The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

  • 1 Sam 24:15
    75%

    15May the LORD be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!”

  • 1 Sam 17:31-32
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    75%

    31When David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him.

    32David said to Saul,“Don’t let anyone be discouraged. Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    75%

    24When Saul’s servants reported what David had said,

  • 1 Sam 26:22-25
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    75%

    22David replied,“Here is the king’s spear! Let one of your servants cross over and get it.

    23The LORD rewards each man for his integrity and loyalty. Even though today the LORD delivered you into my hand, I was not willing to extend my hand against the LORD’s chosen one.

    24In the same way that I valued your life this day, may the LORD value my life and deliver me from all danger.”

    25Saul replied to David,“May you be rewarded, my son David! You will without question be successful!” So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 1 Sam 23:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25Saul and his men went to look for him. But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

    26Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them.

  • 1 Sam 22:13
    74%

    13Saul said to him,“Why have you conspired against me, you and this son of Jesse? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God on his behalf, so that he opposes me and waits in ambush, as is the case today!”

  • 2 Sam 3:18
    74%

    18Act now! For the LORD has said to David,‘By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the Philistines and from all their enemies.’”

  • 1 Sam 23:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said,“Isn’t David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?

    20Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king’s hand will be our responsibility.”

  • 1 Sam 25:12
    74%

    12So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David all these things.

  • 1 Sam 22:23
    74%

    23Stay with me. Don’t be afraid! Whoever seeks my life is seeking your life as well. You are secure with me.”

  • 1 Sam 26:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17When Saul recognized David’s voice, he said,“Is that your voice, my son David?” David replied,“Yes, it’s my voice, my lord the king.”

    18He went on to say,“Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done?

  • 1 Sam 26:6
    73%

    6David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother,“Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” Abishai replied,“I will go down with you.”

  • 1 Sam 14:37
    73%

    37So Saul asked God,“Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But he did not answer him that day.

  • 1 Sam 17:34
    72%

    34David replied to Saul,“Your servant has been a shepherd for his father’s flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock,

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    72%

    10So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.

  • 1 Chr 12:17
    72%

    17David went out to meet them and said,“If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, may the God of our ancestors take notice and judge!”

  • 2 Sam 14:16
    72%

    16Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’