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1. One day news came to David that the Philistines were at Keilah stealing grain from the threshing floors.
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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. David asked the LORD, "Should I go and attack them?" "Yes, go and save Keilah," the LORD told him.
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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. But David's men said, "We're afraid even here in Judah. We certainly don't want to go to Keilah to fight the whole Philistine army!"
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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. So David asked the LORD again, and again the LORD replied, "Go down to Keilah, for I will help you conquer the Philistines."
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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. They slaughtered the Philistines and took all their livestock and rescued the people 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. Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he brought the ephod with him.
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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. Saul soon learned that David was at Keilah. "Good!" he exclaimed. "We've got him now! God has handed him over to me, for he has trapped himself in a walled town!"
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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. So Saul mobilized his entire army to march to Keilah and 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. But David learned of Saul's plan and told Abiathar the priest to bring the ephod and ask the LORD what he should do.
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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 David prayed, "O LORD, God of Israel, I have heard that Saul is planning to come and destroy Keilah because I am here.
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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 leaders of Keilah betray me to him? And will Saul actually come as I have heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell me." And the LORD said, "He will come."
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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. Again David asked, "Will the leaders of Keilah betray me and my men to Saul?" And the LORD replied, "Yes, they will betray you."
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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. So David and his men-- about 600 of them now-- left Keilah and began roaming the countryside. Word soon reached Saul that David had escaped, so he didn't go to Keilah after all.
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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. David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted him day after day, but God didn't let Saul find him.
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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. One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him.
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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. Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith 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. "Don't be afraid," Jonathan reassured him. "My father will never find you! You are going to be the king of Israel, and I will be next to you, as my father, Saul, is well aware."
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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. So the two of them renewed their solemn pact before the LORD. Then Jonathan returned home, while David stayed at Horesh.
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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. But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him. "We know where David is hiding," they said. "He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part 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. Come down whenever you're ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!"
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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. "The LORD bless you," Saul said. "At last someone is concerned about 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 and check again to be sure of where he is staying and who has seen him there, for I know that he is very crafty.
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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. Discover his hiding places, and come back when you are sure. Then I'll go with you. And if he is in the area at all, I'll track him down, even if I have to search every hiding place in 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. So the men of Ziph returned home ahead of Saul.Meanwhile, David and his men had moved into the wilderness of Maon in the Arabah Valley 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. When David heard that Saul and his men were searching for him, he went even farther into the wilderness to the great rock, and he remained there in the wilderness of Maon. But Saul kept after him in the wilderness.
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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. Saul and David were now on opposite sides of a mountain. Just as Saul and his men began to close in on David and his men,
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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. an urgent message reached Saul that the Philistines were raiding Israel again.
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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. So Saul quit chasing David and returned to fight the Philistines. Ever since that time, the place where David was camped has been called the Rock of Escape.
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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. David then went to live in the strongholds of En-gedi.
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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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