1Then they told5046 David1732, saying559, Behold, the Philistines6430 fight3898 against Keilah7084, and they rob8154 the threshingfloors1637.
2Therefore David1732 enquired7592 of the LORD3068, saying559, Shall I go3212 and smite5221 these Philistines6430? And the LORD3068 said559 unto David1732, Go3212, and smite5221 the Philistines6430, and save3467 Keilah7084.
3And David's1732 men582 said559 unto him, Behold, we be afraid3373 here in Judah3063: how much more then if we come3212 to Keilah7084 against the armies4634 of the Philistines6430?
4Then David1732 enquired7592 of the LORD3068 yet again3254. And the LORD3068 answered6030 him and said559, Arise6965, go down3381 to Keilah7084; for I will deliver5414 the Philistines6430 into thine hand3027.
5So David1732 and his men582 went3212 to Keilah7084, and fought3898 with the Philistines6430, and brought away5090 their cattle4735, and smote5221 them with a great1419 slaughter4347. So David1732 saved3467 the inhabitants3427 of Keilah7084.
6And it came to pass, when Abiathar54 the son1121 of Ahimelech288 fled1272 to David1732 to Keilah7084, that he came down3381 with an ephod646 in his hand3027.
7And it was told5046 Saul7586 that David1732 was come935 to Keilah7084. And Saul7586 said559, God430 hath delivered5234 him into mine hand3027; for he is shut in5462, by entering935 into a town5892 that hath gates1817 and bars1280.
8And Saul7586 called8085 all the people5971 together8085 to war4421, to go down3381 to Keilah7084, to besiege6696 David1732 and his men582.
9And David1732 knew3045 that Saul7586 secretly practised2790 mischief7451 against him; and he said559 to Abiathar54 the priest3548, Bring hither5066 the ephod646.
10Then said559 David1732, O LORD3068 God430 of Israel3478, thy servant5650 hath certainly8085 heard8085 that Saul7586 seeketh1245 to come935 to Keilah7084, to destroy7843 the city5892 for my sake.
11Will the men1167 of Keilah7084 deliver me up5462 into his hand3027? will Saul7586 come down3381, as thy servant5650 hath heard8085? O LORD3068 God430 of Israel3478, I beseech thee, tell5046 thy servant5650. And the LORD3068 said559, He will come down3381.
12Then said559 David1732, Will the men1167 of Keilah7084 deliver5462 me and my men582 into the hand3027 of Saul7586? And the LORD3068 said559, They will deliver thee up5462.
13Then David1732 and his men582, which were about six8337 hundred3967 376, arose6965 and departed3318 out of Keilah7084, and went1980 whithersoever834 they could go1980. And it was told5046 Saul7586 that David1732 was escaped4422 from Keilah7084; and he forbare2308 to go forth3318.
14And David1732 abode3427 in the wilderness4057 in strong holds4679, and remained3427 in a mountain2022 in the wilderness4057 of Ziph2128. And Saul7586 sought1245 him every day3117, but God430 delivered5414 him not into his hand3027.
15And David1732 saw7200 that Saul7586 was come out3318 to seek1245 his life5315: and David1732 was in the wilderness4057 of Ziph2128 in a wood2793.
16And Jonathan3083 Saul's7586 son1121 arose6965, and went3212 to David1732 into the wood2793, and strengthened2388 his hand3027 in God430.
17And he said559 unto him, Fear3372 not: for the hand3027 of Saul7586 my father1 shall not find4672 thee; and thou shalt be king4427 over Israel3478, and I shall be next4932 unto thee; and that also Saul7586 my father1 knoweth3045.
18And they two8147 made3772 a covenant1285 before6440 the LORD3068: and David1732 abode3427 in the wood2793, and Jonathan3083 went1980 to his house1004.
19Then came up5927 the Ziphites2130 to Saul7586 to Gibeah1390, saying559, Doth not David1732 hide5641 himself with us in strong holds4679 in the wood2793, in the hill1389 of Hachilah2444, which is on the south3225 of Jeshimon3452?
20Now therefore, O king4428, come down3381 according to all the desire185 of thy soul5315 to come down3381; and our part shall be to deliver5462 him into the king's4428 hand3027.
21And Saul7586 said559, Blessed1288 be ye of the LORD3068; for ye have compassion2550 on me.
22Go3212, I pray you, prepare3559 yet, and know3045 and see7200 his place4725 where his haunt7272 is, and who hath seen7200 him there: for it is told559 me that he dealeth very6191 subtilly6191.
23See7200 therefore, and take knowledge3045 of all the lurking places4224 where he hideth2244 himself, and come ye again7725 to me with the certainty3559, and I will go1980 with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be3426 in the land776, that I will search2664 him out throughout all the thousands505 of Judah3063.
24And they arose6965, and went3212 to Ziph2128 before6440 Saul7586: but David1732 and his men582 were in the wilderness4057 of Maon4584, in the plain6160 on the south3225 of Jeshimon3452.
25Saul7586 also and his men582 went3212 to seek1245 him. And they told5046 David1732: wherefore he came down3381 into a rock5553, and abode3427 in the wilderness4057 of Maon4584. And when Saul7586 heard8085 that, he pursued7291 after310 David1732 in the wilderness4057 of Maon4584.
26And Saul7586 went3212 on this side6654 of the mountain2022, and David1732 and his men582 on that side6654 of the mountain2022: and David1732 made haste2648 to get away3212 for fear6440 of Saul7586; for Saul7586 and his men582 compassed5849 David1732 and his men582 round about5849 to take8610 them.
27But there came935 a messenger4397 unto Saul7586, saying559, Haste4116 thee, and come3212; for the Philistines6430 have invaded6584 the land776.
28Wherefore Saul7586 returned7725 from pursuing7291 after310 David1732, and went3212 against7125 the Philistines6430: therefore they called7121 that place4725 Selahammahlekoth5555.
29And David1732 went up5927 from thence, and dwelt3427 in strong holds4679 at Engedi5872.