<vn='1'>Then they <sn="5046">told</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="3898">fight</s> against <sn="7084">Keilah</s>, and <sn="1992">they</s><sn="8154">rob</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1637">threshingfloors</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Therefore <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7592">inquired</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Shall I <sn="1980">go</s> and <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="6430">Philistines</s>? And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s>, and <sn="5221">smite</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and <sn="3467">save</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7084">Keilah</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="376">men</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="587">we</s> be <sn="3372">afraid</s><sn="6311">here</s> in <sn="3063">Judah</s>: how <sn="637">much</s> more then <sn="3588">if</s> we <sn="1980">come</s> to <sn="7084">Keilah</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="4634">armies</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>? </v>
<vn='4'>Then <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7592">inquired</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5750">yet</s><sn="3254">again</s>. And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6030">answered</s> him and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6965">Arise</s>, go <sn="3381">down</s> to <sn="7084">Keilah</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s> will <sn="5414">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> into thine <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>So <sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="7084">Keilah</s>, and <sn="3898">fought</s> with the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and brought <sn="5090">away</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="4735">cattle</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s> them with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4347">slaughter</s>. So <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3467">saved</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="7084">Keilah</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="54">Abiathar</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="288">Ahimelech</s><sn="1272">fled</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s> to <sn="7084">Keilah</s>, that he came <sn="3381">down</s> with an <sn="646">ephod</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1732">David</s> was <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="7084">Keilah</s>. And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="5234">delivered</s> him into mine <sn="3027">hand</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> he is shut <sn="5462">in</s>, by <sn="935">entering</s> into a <sn="5892">town</s> that hath <sn="1817">gates</s> and <sn="1280">bars</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="8085">called</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> together to <sn="4421">war</s>, to go <sn="3381">down</s> to <sn="7084">Keilah</s>, to <sn="6696 413">besiege</s><sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> secretly <sn="2790">practiced</s><sn="7451">mischief</s><sn="5921">against</s> him; and he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="54">Abiathar</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, Bring <sn="5066">hither</s> the <sn="646">ephod</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="1732">David</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, thy <sn="5650">servant</s> hath certainly <sn="8085 8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="1245">seeketh</s> to <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="7084">Keilah</s>, to <sn="7843">destroy</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> for my <sn="5668">sake</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Will the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7084">Keilah</s> deliver me <sn="5462">up</s> into his <sn="3027">hand</s>? will <sn="7586">Saul</s> come <sn="3381">down</s>, <sn="834">as</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s> hath <sn="8085">heard</s>? O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, I beseech <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="5046">tell</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s>. And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s>, He will come <sn="3381">down</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="1732">David</s>, Will the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7084">Keilah</s><sn="5462">deliver</s> me and my <sn="376">men</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>? And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s>, They will deliver thee <sn="5462">up</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Then <sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s>, which were about <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967 *376">hundred</s>, <sn="6965">arose</s> and <sn="3318">departed</s> out of <sn="4480 7084">Keilah</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="834">whithersoever</s> they could <sn="1980">go</s>. And it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1732">David</s> was <sn="4422">escaped</s> from <sn="4480 7084">Keilah</s>; and he <sn="2308">forbore</s> to go <sn="3318">forth</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3427">abode</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> in <sn="4679">strongholds</s>, and <sn="3427">remained</s> in a <sn="2022">mountain</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="2128">Ziph</s>. And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="1245">sought</s> him <sn="3605">every</s><sn="3117">day</s>, but <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">delivered</s> him <sn="3808">not</s> into his <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> was come <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5315">life</s>: and <sn="1732">David</s> was in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="2128">Ziph</s> in a <sn="2793">wood</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="3083">Jonathan</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s> into the <sn="2793">wood</s>, and <sn="2388">strengthened</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> in <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="3372">Fear</s><sn="408">not</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> my <sn="1">father</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4672">find</s> thee; and <sn="859">thou</s> shalt be <sn="4427">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="595">I</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="4932">next</s> unto thee; and <sn="3651">that</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> my <sn="1">father</s><sn="3045">knoweth</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And they <sn="8147">two</s><sn="3772">made</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3427">abode</s> in the <sn="2793">wood</s>, and <sn="3083">Jonathan</s><sn="1980">went</s> to his <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Then came <sn="5927">up</s> the <sn="2130">Ziphites</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> to <sn="1390">Gibeah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Doth <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1732">David</s> hide <sn="5641">himself</s><sn="5973">with</s> us in <sn="4679">strongholds</s> in the <sn="2793">wood</s>, in the <sn="1389">hill</s> of <sn="2444">Hachilah</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is on the <sn="4480 3225">south</s> of <sn="3452">Jeshimon</s>? </v>
<vn='20'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore, O <sn="4428">king</s>, come <sn="3381">down</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="185">desire</s> of thy <sn="5315">soul</s> to come <sn="3381">down</s>; and our part shall be to <sn="5462">deliver</s> him into the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1288">Blessed</s> be <sn="859">ye</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> ye have <sn="2550">compassion</s><sn="5921">on</s> me. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1980">Go</s>, I pray <sn="4994">you</s>, <sn="3559">prepare</s><sn="5750">yet</s>, and <sn="3045">know</s> and <sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834">where</s> his <sn="7272">haunt</s><sn="1961">is</s>, and <sn="4310">who</s> hath <sn="7200">seen</s> him <sn="8033">there</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> it is <sn="559 413">told</s> me that <sn="1931">he</s> dealeth very <sn="6191 6191">subtlely</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="7200">See</s> therefore, and take <sn="3045">knowledge</s> of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the lurking <sn="4224">places</s><sn="834">where</s> he hideth <sn="2244">himself</s>, and come ye <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">to</s> me <sn="413">with</s> the <sn="3559">certainty</s>, and I will <sn="1980">go</s><sn="854">with</s> you: and it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="518">if</s> he <sn="1961 3426">be</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>, that I will search him <sn="2664 *853">out</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="505">thousands</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And they <sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="2128">Ziph</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>: but <sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s> were in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="4584">Maon</s>, in the <sn="6160">plain</s><sn="413">on</s> the <sn="3225">south</s> of <sn="3452">Jeshimon</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="7586">Saul</s> also and his <sn="376">men</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="1245">seek</s> him. And they <sn="5046">told</s><sn="1732">David</s>: wherefore he came <sn="3381">down</s> into a <sn="5553">rock</s>, and <sn="3427">abode</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="4584">Maon</s>. And when <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="8085">heard</s> that, he <sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="1732">David</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="4584">Maon</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="1980">went</s> on this <sn="4480 2088 4480 6654">side</s> of the <sn="2022">mountain</s>, and <sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s> on that <sn="4480 2088 4480 6654">side</s> of the <sn="2022">mountain</s>: and <sn="1732">David</s> made <sn="1961 2648">haste</s> to get <sn="1980">away</s> for fear <sn="4480 6440">of</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>; for <sn="7586">Saul</s> and his <sn="376">men</s><sn="5849 413">compassed</s><sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s> round about to <sn="8610">take</s> them. </v>
<vn='27'>But there <sn="935">came</s> a <sn="4397">messenger</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4116">Haste</s> thee, and <sn="1980">come</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> have <sn="6584 5921">invaded</s> the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Wherefore <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7725">returned</s> from <sn="4480 7291">pursuing</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="7125">against</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> they <sn="7121">called</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="4725">place</s><sn="5555*">Sela</s> -hammahlekoth. </v>
<vn='29'>And <sn="1732">David</s> went <sn="5927">up</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s>, and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in <sn="4679">strongholds</s> at <sn="5872">En</s> -gedi. </v>