ULT 1SA Chapter 23

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23 And they declared to David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting with Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing floors!” 2 And David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” And Yahweh said to David, “Go and strike the Philistines and save Keilah.” 3 But the men of David said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. And much more if we go to Keilah against the arrays of the Philistines!” 4 So David added yet to inquire of Yahweh. And Yahweh answered him and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into your hand.” 5 And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines. And he drove off their livestock and struck a great striking against them. And David saved the dwellers of Keilah. 6 And it happened that when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, fled to David at Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand. 7 And it was declared to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand. For he has enclosed himself by entering into a city of doors and a bar.” 8 And Saul made all of the people hear for battle, to go down to Keilah, to besiege against David and against his men. 9 But David knew that Saul was devising harm against him. And he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring near the ephod.” 10 And David said, “Yahweh, God of Israel, hearing, your servant has heard that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah, to destroy the city because of me. 11 Will the lords of Keilah enclose me in his hand? Will Saul come down, just as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, please declare to your servant.” And Yahweh said, “He will come down.” 12 And David said, “Will the lords of Keilah enclose me and my men in the hand of Saul?” And Yahweh said, “They will enclose.” 13 So David and his men, about 600 men, arose and went out from Keilah. And they went about in wherever they could go about. And it was declared to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, so he ceased to go out. 14 And David stayed in the wilderness, in the strongholds, and he stayed in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all of the days, but God did not give him into his hand. 15 And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. Now David was in the wilderness of Ziph, in the forest. 16 And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose and went to David in the forest. And he strengthened his hand in God. 17 And he said to him, “Do not be afraid, for the hand of Saul my father will not find you. And you yourself will reign over Israel, and I myself will be to you for a second. And even Saul my father is knowing so.” 18 And the two of them cut a covenant to the face of Yahweh. And David stayed in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house. 19 And Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding himself among us in strongholds in the forest on the hill of Hakilah, which is from the south of Jeshimon? 20 And now, O king, according to all of the desire of your soul to come down, come down, and it will be to us to enclose him in the hand of the king.” 21 And Saul said, “Blessed be you by Yahweh! For you have had compassion on me. 22 Please go, confirm again, and know and see his place, where his foot is. Who has seen him there? For one has said to me, ‘Being craftly, he is crafty.’ 23 And see and know about all of the hiding places where he hides himself there. Then return to me with a confirmed thing, and I will go with you. And it will happen, if he is in the land, that I will search for him among all of the thousands of Judah.” 24 And they arose and went to Ziph to the face of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah at the south of Jeshimon. 25 And Saul and his men went to seek. And they declared to David, and he went down to a crag and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard, and he pursued after David from the wilderness of Maon. 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men were on that side of the mountain. And it happened that David was hastening himself to go from the face of Saul, and Saul and his men were encircling upon David and upon his men to capture them. 27 And a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and go, for the Philistines have raided against the land.” 28 And Saul returned from pursuing after David, and he went to meet the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth. 29 And David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En Gedi.

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