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I Samuel Chapter 23

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First Samuel 23 records David rescuing the city of Keilah from Philistine raiders after inquiring of the Lord twice, but he learns that the grateful townspeople would hand him over to Saul, so he and his six hundred men withdraw to the wilderness of Ziph. Saul hunts him day after day, but God does not deliver David into his hand, and Jonathan comes to him at Ziph to strengthen his hand in God, renewing their covenant. When the Ziphites offer to betray David, Saul pursues him into the wilderness of Maon, but a Philistine raid forces Saul to break off the chase, and David retreats to the strongholds of En-gedi.

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(1) Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
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Joshua 15:44Nehemiah 3:17Nehemiah 3:18Leviticus 26:16Deuteronomy 28:33Deuteronomy 28:51Judges 6:4Judges 6:11Micah 6:15

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(2) Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
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I Samuel 23:4I Samuel 23:6I Samuel 23:9I Samuel 23:10I Samuel 23:11I Samuel 23:12I Samuel 30:8Numbers 27:21Joshua 9:14Judges 1:1II Samuel 5:19II Samuel 5:23

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I Samuel 7:7II Samuel 5:19Exodus 12:23I Samuel 17:46I Samuel 26:8II Samuel 5:24

(3) And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
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I Samuel 23:15I Samuel 23:23I Samuel 23:26Psalms 11:1Jeremiah 12:5

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(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.
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I Samuel 28:6Judges 6:39Joshua 8:7Judges 7:7II Samuel 5:19II Kings 3:18

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(5) So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33I Samuel 23:2I Samuel 23:13Genesis 47:17

(6) And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
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I Samuel 22:20I Samuel 14:3I Samuel 14:18I Samuel 14:36I Samuel 14:37Exodus 28:30Exodus 28:31

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(7) And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
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I Samuel 23:14I Samuel 24:4I Samuel 24:5I Samuel 24:6I Samuel 26:8I Samuel 26:9Psalms 71:10Psalms 71:11Exodus 14:3Exodus 15:9Judges 16:2Judges 16:3

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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.
(9) And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
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Jeremiah 11:18Jeremiah 11:19Acts 9:24Acts 14:6Acts 23:16Acts 23:17Acts 23:18I Samuel 23:6I Samuel 14:18I Samuel 30:7Numbers 27:21Jeremiah 33:3

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(10) Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
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I Samuel 23:8I Samuel 22:19Genesis 18:24Esther 3:6Proverbs 28:15Romans 3:15Romans 3:16

(11) Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
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Psalms 50:15Jeremiah 33:3Matthew 7:7Matthew 7:8

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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 said, They will deliver thee up.
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Psalms 31:8I Samuel 23:7Psalms 62:1Psalms 118:8Ecclesiastes 9:14Ecclesiastes 9:15Isaiah 29:15Hebrews 4:13

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(13) 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.
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(14) 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.
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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 wood.
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(16) And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
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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 be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
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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 house.
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(19) Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
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I Samuel 22:7I Samuel 22:8I Samuel 26:1Psalms 54:1Psalms 54:3Psalms 54:4Proverbs 29:12I Samuel 26:3

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(20) Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
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(21) And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
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I Samuel 22:8Judges 17:2Psalms 10:3Isaiah 66:5Micah 3:11

(22) Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
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(23) See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
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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, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
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(25) Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
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I Samuel 23:28Judges 15:8

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(26) And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
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(27) But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
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(28) Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
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(29) And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
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