Verse 4
1 Samuel 23:4
King James Version
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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יּ֨וֹסֶף ע֤וֹד דָּוִד֙ לִ/שְׁאֹ֣ל בַּֽ/יהוָ֔ה וַֽ/יַּעֲנֵ֖/הוּ יְהוָ֑ה וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר ק֚וּם רֵ֣ד קְעִילָ֔ה כִּֽי אֲנִ֥י נֹתֵ֛ן אֶת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים בְּ/יָדֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And David continued to ask of the LORD, and the LORD answered him and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into your hand."
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Chapter 23 Context
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Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshi...
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Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD s...
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And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to...
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4
Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Kei...
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So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle,...
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And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah,
that he came down
w...
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And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God (Elohim) hath delivered him i...
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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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9
And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest...
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10
Then said David, O LORD God (Elohim) of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh t...
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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?...
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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 sa...
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13
Then David and his men,
which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whi...
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14
And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Z...
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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...
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16
And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God (El...
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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 b...
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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...
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19
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong h...
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Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part...
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21
And Saul said, Blessed
be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on 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 th...
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23
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye aga...
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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,...
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Saul also and his men went to seek
him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and...
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And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and...
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But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded...
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Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they...
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And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.
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