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1. Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
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1. Then they told H5046 David H1732 , saying H559 , Behold H2009 , the Philistines H6430 fight H3898 against Keilah H7084 , and they H1992 rob H8154 H853 the threshingfloors H1637 .
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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.
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2. Therefore David H1732 inquired H7592 of the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , Shall I go H1980 and smite H5221 these H428 Philistines H6430 ? And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 David H1732 , Go H1980 , and smite H5221 the Philistines H6430 , and save H3467 H853 Keilah H7084 .
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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?
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3. And David H1732 's men H376 said H559 unto H413 him, Behold H2009 , we H587 be afraid H3372 here H6311 in Judah H3063 : how much H637 more then if H3588 we come H1980 to Keilah H7084 against H413 the armies H4634 of the Philistines H6430 ?
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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.
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4. Then David H1732 inquired H7592 of the LORD H3068 yet H5750 again H3254 . And the LORD H3068 answered H6030 him and said H559 , Arise H6965 , go down H3381 to Keilah H7084 ; for H3588 I H589 will deliver H5414 H853 the Philistines H6430 into thine hand H3027 .
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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.
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5. So David H1732 and his men H376 went H1980 to Keilah H7084 , and fought H3898 with the Philistines H6430 , and brought away H5090 H853 their cattle H4735 , and smote H5221 them with a great H1419 slaughter H4347 . So David H1732 saved H3467 H853 the inhabitants H3427 of Keilah H7084 .
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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.
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6. And it came to pass H1961 , when Abiathar H54 the son H1121 of Ahimelech H288 fled H1272 to H413 David H1732 to Keilah H7084 , that he came down H3381 with an ephod H646 in his hand H3027 .
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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.
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7. And it was told H5046 Saul H7586 that H3588 David H1732 was come H935 to Keilah H7084 . And Saul H7586 said H559 , God H430 hath delivered H5234 him into mine hand H3027 ; for H3588 he is shut in H5462 , by entering H935 into a town H5892 that hath gates H1817 and bars H1280 .
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8. And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
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8. And Saul H7586 called H8085 H853 all H3605 the people H5971 together to war H4421 , to go down H3381 to Keilah H7084 , to besiege H6696 H413 David H1732 and his men H376 .
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9. And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
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9. And David H1732 knew H3045 that H3588 Saul H7586 secretly practiced H2790 mischief H7451 against H5921 him ; and he said H559 to H413 Abiathar H54 the priest H3548 , Bring hither H5066 the ephod H646 .
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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.
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10. Then said H559 David H1732 , O LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , thy servant H5650 hath certainly heard H8085 H8085 that H3588 Saul H7586 seeketh H1245 to come H935 to H413 Keilah H7084 , to destroy H7843 the city H5892 for my sake H5668 .
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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.
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11. Will the men H1167 of Keilah H7084 deliver me up H5462 into his hand H3027 ? will Saul H7586 come down H3381 , as H834 thy servant H5650 hath heard H8085 ? O LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , I beseech thee H4994 , tell H5046 thy servant H5650 . And the LORD H3068 said H559 , He will come down H3381 .
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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.
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12. Then said H559 David H1732 , Will the men H1167 of Keilah H7084 deliver H5462 me and my men H376 into the hand H3027 of Saul H7586 ? And the LORD H3068 said H559 , They will deliver thee up H5462 .
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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.
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13. Then David H1732 and his men H376 , which were about six H8337 hundred H3967 H376 , arose H6965 and departed H3318 out of Keilah H4480 H7084 , and went H1980 whithersoever H834 they could go H1980 . And it was told H5046 Saul H7586 that H3588 David H1732 was escaped H4422 from Keilah H4480 H7084 ; and he forbore H2308 to go forth H3318 .
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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.
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14. And David H1732 abode H3427 in the wilderness H4057 in strongholds H4679 , and remained H3427 in a mountain H2022 in the wilderness H4057 of Ziph H2128 . And Saul H7586 sought H1245 him every H3605 day H3117 , but God H430 delivered H5414 him not H3808 into his hand H3027 .
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15. And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
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15. And David H1732 saw H7200 that H3588 Saul H7586 was come out H3318 to seek H1245 H853 his life H5315 : and David H1732 was in the wilderness H4057 of Ziph H2128 in a wood H2793 .
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16. And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
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16. And Jonathan H3083 Saul H7586 's son H1121 arose H6965 , and went H1980 to H413 David H1732 into the wood H2793 , and strengthened H2388 H853 his hand H3027 in God H430 .
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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.
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17. And he said H559 unto H413 him, Fear H3372 not H408 : for H3588 the hand H3027 of Saul H7586 my father H1 shall not H3808 find H4672 thee ; and thou H859 shalt be king H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 , and I H595 shall be H1961 next H4932 unto thee ; and that H3651 also H1571 Saul H7586 my father H1 knoweth H3045 .
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18. And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
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18. And they two H8147 made H3772 a covenant H1285 before H6440 the LORD H3068 : and David H1732 abode H3427 in the wood H2793 , and Jonathan H3083 went H1980 to his house H1004 .
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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?
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19. Then came up H5927 the Ziphites H2130 to H413 Saul H7586 to Gibeah H1390 , saying H559 , Doth not H3808 David H1732 hide himself H5641 with H5973 us in strongholds H4679 in the wood H2793 , in the hill H1389 of Hachilah H2444 , which H834 is on the south H4480 H3225 of Jeshimon H3452 ?
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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.
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20. Now H6258 therefore , O king H4428 , come down H3381 according to all H3605 the desire H185 of thy soul H5315 to come down H3381 ; and our part shall be to deliver H5462 him into the king H4428 's hand H3027 .
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21. And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
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21. And Saul H7586 said H559 , Blessed H1288 be ye H859 of the LORD H3068 ; for H3588 ye have compassion H2550 on H5921 me.
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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.
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22. Go H1980 , I pray you H4994 , prepare H3559 yet H5750 , and know H3045 and see H7200 H853 his place H4725 where H834 his haunt H7272 is H1961 , and who H4310 hath seen H7200 him there H8033 : for H3588 it is told H559 H413 me that he H1931 dealeth very subtlely H6191 H6191 .
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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.
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23. See H7200 therefore , and take knowledge H3045 of all H4480 H3605 the lurking places H4224 where H834 he hideth himself H2244 , and come ye again H7725 to H413 me with H413 the certainty H3559 , and I will go H1980 with H854 you : and it shall come to pass H1961 , if H518 he be H1961 H3426 in the land H776 , that I will search him out H2664 H853 throughout all H3605 the thousands H505 of Judah H3063 .
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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.
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24. And they arose H6965 , and went H1980 to Ziph H2128 before H6440 Saul H7586 : but David H1732 and his men H376 were in the wilderness H4057 of Maon H4584 , in the plain H6160 on H413 the south H3225 of Jeshimon H3452 .
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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.
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25. Saul H7586 also and his men H376 went H1980 to seek H1245 him . And they told H5046 David H1732 : wherefore he came down H3381 into a rock H5553 , and abode H3427 in the wilderness H4057 of Maon H4584 . And when Saul H7586 heard H8085 that , he pursued H7291 after H310 David H1732 in the wilderness H4057 of Maon H4584 .
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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.
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26. And Saul H7586 went H1980 on this side H4480 H2088 H4480 H6654 of the mountain H2022 , and David H1732 and his men H376 on that side H4480 H2088 H4480 H6654 of the mountain H2022 : and David H1732 made haste H1961 H2648 to get away H1980 for fear of H4480 H6440 Saul H7586 ; for Saul H7586 and his men H376 compassed H5849 H413 David H1732 and his men H376 round about to take H8610 them.
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27. But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
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27. But there came H935 a messenger H4397 unto H413 Saul H7586 , saying H559 , Haste H4116 thee , and come H1980 ; for H3588 the Philistines H6430 have invaded H6584 H5921 the land H776 .
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28. Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
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28. Wherefore Saul H7586 returned H7725 from pursuing H4480 H7291 after H310 David, H1732 and went H1980 against H7125 the Philistines: H6430 therefore H5921 H3651 they called H7121 that H1931 place H4725 Sela-hammahlekoth. G5555.
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29. And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
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29. And David H1732 went up H5927 from thence H4480 H8033 , and dwelt H3427 in strongholds H4679 at En H5872 -gedi.
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