English Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Samuel Book, chapter 23, verse 57 in Mkjv Version

1 Samuel 23 : 1 (MKJV)

And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.

1 Samuel 23 : 2 (MKJV)

And David asked of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go? And shall I strike these Philistines? And Jehovah said to David, Go and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.

1 Samuel 23 : 3 (MKJV)

And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

1 Samuel 23 : 4 (MKJV)

And David inquired of Jehovah once again. And Jehovah answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.

1 Samuel 23 : 5 (MKJV)

And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines. And they led away their cattle and struck them with a great slaughter. And David saved the people of Keilah.

1 Samuel 23 : 6 (MKJV)

And it happened when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.

1 Samuel 23 : 7 (MKJV)

And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hands, for he is shut in by entering into a town that has gates and bars.

1 Samuel 23 : 8 (MKJV)

And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.

1 Samuel 23 : 9 (MKJV)

And David knew that Saul secretly planned evil against him. And he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod here.

1 Samuel 23 : 10 (MKJV)

And David said, O Lord God of Israel, Your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

1 Samuel 23 : 11 (MKJV)

Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down as Your servant has heard? O Jehovah, the God of Israel, I beg of You, tell Your servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.

1 Samuel 23 : 12 (MKJV)

And David said, Will the men of Keilah shut up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will shut you up.

1 Samuel 23 : 13 (MKJV)

And David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah and went wherever they could go. And it was told to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah. And he did not go forth.

1 Samuel 23 : 14 (MKJV)

And David stayed in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained in the stronghold in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul looked for him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.

1 Samuel 23 : 15 (MKJV)

And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. And David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a woods.

1 Samuel 23 : 16 (MKJV)

And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

1 Samuel 23 : 17 (MKJV)

And he said to him, Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. And you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. And my father Saul knows that also.

1 Samuel 23 : 18 (MKJV)

And the two of them cut a covenant before Jehovah. And David stayed in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house.

1 Samuel 23 : 19 (MKJV)

And the men of Ziph came up to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the wilderness?

1 Samuel 23 : 20 (MKJV)

And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul. Come down, and it is for us to shut him up into the king's hand.

1 Samuel 23 : 21 (MKJV)

And Saul said, Blessed are you from Jehovah, for you have pity on me.

1 Samuel 23 : 22 (MKJV)

Please go, make more sure, and know and see the place where his foot is. Who has seen him there? For I am told that he is very subtle.

1 Samuel 23 : 23 (MKJV)

And see and know of all the hiding places where he hides himself there, and return to me prepared. And I will go with you. And it shall be, if he is in the land, I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

1 Samuel 23 : 24 (MKJV)

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 the desert.

1 Samuel 23 : 25 (MKJV)

Saul and his men also went to look for him. And they told David. And he came down from the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard, he followed after David in the wilderness of Maon.

1 Samuel 23 : 26 (MKJV)

And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain. And David hurried to get away before Saul. For Saul and his men were encircling David and his men, to take them.

1 Samuel 23 : 27 (MKJV)

And a messenger came to Saul, saying, Hurry and come! For the Philistines have invaded the land.

1 Samuel 23 : 28 (MKJV)

And Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place, The Rock of the Division.

1 Samuel 23 : 29 (MKJV)

And David went up from there and stayed in strongholds at En-gedi.