Verse 2
1 Samuel 23:2
Bible in Basic English
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So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֨ל דָּוִ֤ד בַּֽ/יהוָה֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר הַ/אֵלֵ֣ךְ וְ/הִכֵּ֔יתִי בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל דָּוִ֗ד לֵ֚ךְ וְ/הִכִּ֣יתָ בַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְ/הוֹשַׁעְתָּ֖ אֶת קְעִילָֽה
English Translation
And David asked the LORD, saying, "Shall I go and strike these Philistines?" And the LORD said to David, "Go and strike the Philistines and save Keilah."
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Chapter 23 Context
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And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grai...
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So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lo...
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And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to...
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Then David put the question to the Lord again, and the Lord answering said, Up! go down to Keilah; f...
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So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattl...
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Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ep...
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And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God (Elohim) has given...
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And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on Da...
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And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest...
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Then David said, O Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is...
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11
And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israe...
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12
Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will...
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13
Then David and his men, about six hundred of them, went out of Keilah, and got away wherever they we...
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14
And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Z...
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And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was...
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16
And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God (Elohim);
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And said to him, Have no fear, for Saul my father will not get you into his power; and you will be k...
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And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonat...
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Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in...
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So now, O king, have your soul's desire and come down, and we, for our part, will give him up into t...
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And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.
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Go now, and take more steps, and see where he is living: for they say that he is expert in deceit.
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So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to c...
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And they went back and came to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the waste land of Mao...
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And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in...
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And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and...
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But a man came to Saul saying, Be quick and come; for the Philistines have made an attack on the lan...
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So turning back from going after David, Saul went against the Philistines: so that place was named S...
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And from there, David went up and took cover in the safe place of En-gedi.
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