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1 Samuel

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1 Then they told David, say­ing, Be­hold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the thresh­ingfloors. 2 There­fore 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. 3 And 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? 4 Then 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. 5 So 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. 6 And it came to pass, when Abi­athar the son of Ahim­elech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. 7 And 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. 8 And Saul called all the peo­ple to­geth­er to war, to go down to Keilah, to be­siege David and his men. 9 And David knew that Saul se­cret­ly prac­tised mis­chief against him; and he said to Abi­athar the priest, Bring hith­er the ephod. 10 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. 11 Will 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. 12 Then 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. 13 Then 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. 14 And 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. 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilder­ness of Ziph in a wood. 16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strength­ened his hand in God. 17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my fa­ther shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Is­rael, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my fa­ther knoweth. 18 And they two made a covenant be­fore the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. 19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, say­ing, Doth not David hide him­self with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachi­lah, which is on the south of Jeshi­mon? 20 Now 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. 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have com­pas­sion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, pre­pare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very sub­til­ly. 23 See there­fore, and take knowl­edge of all the lurk­ing places where he hideth him­self, and come ye again to me with the cer­tain­ty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out through­out all the thou­sands of Ju­dah. 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph be­fore Saul: but David and his men were in the wilder­ness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshi­mon. 25 Saul 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. 26 And Saul went on this side of the moun­tain, and David and his men on that side of the moun­tain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men com­passed David and his men round about to take them. 27 But there came a mes­sen­ger unto Saul, say­ing, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have in­vad­ed the land. 28 Where­fore Saul re­turned from pur­su­ing af­ter David, and went against the Philistines: there­fore they called that place Se­la­hammahlekoth. 29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En­ge­di.