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1 Samuel 23
Then
they
told
David,
saying,
Behold,
the
Philistines
fight
against
a
Keilah,
and
they
rob
the
threshingfloors.
2 Therefore
David
a
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
a
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
a
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
a
wood.
16 And
a
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
a
knoweth.
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