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Chapter 23
Then
they
told
David,
saying,
Behold,
the
Philistines
fight
against
Keilah,
and
they
rob
the
threshingfloors.
2
Therefore
David
inquired
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
inquired
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
Sela-hammahlekoth.
29
And
David
went
up
from
thence,
and
dwelt
in
strong
holds
at
En-gedi.
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