The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 22:22 (NASB)
[SUP]22 [/SUP] Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have brought about the death of every person in your father's household.

 

[GandalfTheWhite]

1Sa 22:23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 23:1 (ESV)
Now they told David, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors.”

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 23:2 (NASB)
[SUP]2 [/SUP] So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" And the LORD said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and deliver Keilah."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 23:3 (ESV)
But David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 23:4 (ESV)
Then David inquired of the LORD again. And the LORD answered him, “Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 23:5 (ESV)
And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines and brought away their livestock and struck them with a great blow. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 23:6 (NASB)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] Now it came about, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 23:7 (ESV)
Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, “God has given him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 23:8 (NASB)
[SUP]8 [/SUP] So Saul summoned all the people for war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 23:9 (ESV)
David knew that Saul was plotting harm against him. And he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 23:10 (ESV)
Then David said, “O LORD, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city on my account.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 23:11 (NASB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] "Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down just as Your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I pray, tell Your servant." And the LORD said, "He will come down."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 23:12 (ESV)
Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And the LORD said, “They will surrender you.”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 23:13 (KJV)
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.

 

[joefizz]

1 Samuel 23:14(KJV)
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.

 

[GandalfTheWhite]

1Sa 23:15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

 

[joefizz]

1 Samuel 23:16(KJV)
​And Jonathan Saul's son arose,and went to David into the wood,and strengthened his hand in God.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Samuel 23:17 (ESV)
And he said to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. Saul my father also knows this.”

 

[joefizz]

1 Samuel 23:18 (KJV)
​And they two made a covenant before the Lord:and David abode in the wood,and Jonathan went to his house.