Verse 2
1 Samuel 23:2
World English Bible
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Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?”
Yahweh said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.”
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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David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing...
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Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?”
Yahweh said t...
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David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah...
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Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; f...
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David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock,...
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6
When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
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Saul was told that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, “God (Elohim) has delivered him into my hand...
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Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
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9
David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring t...
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10
Then David said, “O Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seek...
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Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard?...
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12
Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?”
Yahweh said,...
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13
Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went where...
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14
David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wildernes...
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15
David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
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Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God (Elo...
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He said to him, “Don’t be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father won’t find you; and you will be kin...
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They both made a covenant before Yahweh. Then David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his ho...
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19
Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the stro...
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Now therefore, O king, come down. According to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our par...
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21
Saul said, “You are blessed by Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.
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22
Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him th...
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23
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again t...
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24
They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in t...
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25
Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the...
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Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and Davi...
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27
But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the l...
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So Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that p...
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David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
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