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KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
they told
David, saying, Behold
, the Philistines fight
against Keilah, and they rob
the threshingfloors
.
And
they declare
to
David, saying, `Lo
, the Philistines are
fighting
against Keilah, and they are
spoiling
the threshing-floors
. '
Therefore
David inquired
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.
And
David asketh
at
Jehovah
, saying, `Do
I go ?
--
and have
I
smitten
among
these Philistines? '
And Jehovah
saith
unto David, `
Go, and thou
hast
smitten
among
the Philistines, and saved
Keilah. '
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?
And David's men say
unto him, `Lo
, we here in Judah are
afraid;
and
how much more when
we go
to Keilah ,
unto
the ranks
of the Philistines? '
Then
David inquired
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.
And
David addeth
again to
ask
at
Jehovah,
and Jehovah
answereth
him ,
and saith
, `Rise
, go down to Keilah ,
for I am
giving
the Philistines into thy
hand. '
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.
And
David goeth,
and his men ,
to Keilah, and fighteth
with the Philistines, and leadeth
away their cattle, and smiteth
among
them --
a great smiting,
and
David saveth
the inhabitants of Keilah.
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.
And it cometh
to pass, in
the fleeing
of
Abiathar
son of Ahimelech unto
David ,
to Keilah, an ephod came
down
in his hand.
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
.
And it is
declared
to
Saul that David hath
come in
to Keilah ,
and Saul saith
, `
God hath made
him known
for
my
hand ,
for he hath
been
shut in, to
enter
into a city
of
doors
and bar
. '
And Saul called
all
the people together
to war
, to go down to Keilah, to besiege
David and his men.
And Saul summoneth
the whole
of
the
people to battle
, to go down to Keilah, to lay
siege
unto
David and unto
his men.
And David knew
that Saul
secretly
practiced
mischief
against him ;
and he
said
to
Abiathar the priest, Bring hither
the ephod.
And David knoweth
that against him Saul
is
devising
the
evil,
and saith
unto
Abiathar the priest, `
Bring nigh
the ephod. '
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
.
And
David saith
, `Jehovah,
God of Israel, Thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul is
seeking
to come in
unto
Keilah, to destroy the city on
mine
account
.
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.
Do
the possessors
of Keilah shut
me up into his hand? doth
Saul come down as Thy servant hath heard? Jehovah,
God of Israel, declare,
I pray
Thee, to
Thy servant. '
And Jehovah
saith
, `
He doth
come down. '
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.
And
David saith
, `Do
the possessors
of Keilah shut
me up,
and my men ,
into the hand of Saul? '
And Jehovah
saith
, `
They shut
`
thee '
up. '
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
.
And
David riseth
--
and his men --
about six hundred men
, and they
go
out from
Keilah, and go
up
and
down
where
they go up
and down;
and
to
Saul it
hath
been
declared
that David hath
escaped from Keilah ,
and he ceaseth
to go out
.
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.
And David abideth
in the wilderness ,
in fortresses
, and abideth
in the
hill-country,
in the wilderness of Ziph ;
and Saul seeketh
him all
the
days
, and
God hath
not given
him
into his hand.
And David saw
that Saul was
come out to seek his life :
and David was
in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood
.
And David seeth
that Saul hath
come out to seek his life ,
and David `is'
in the wilderness of Ziph ,
in a forest
.
And Jonathan Saul's
son arose
, and went
to
David into
the wood
, and strengthened
his hand in God .
And Jonathan son of
Saul
riseth
, and goeth
unto
David to
the forest
, and strengtheneth
his hand in God ,
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
.
and saith
unto him, `
Fear not ,
for the hand of Saul my father doth
not find thee ,
and thou dost
reign
over Israel, and I am
to
thee for
second,
and also so
knoweth
Saul my father. '
And they two
made
a covenant before the
LORD:
and David abode
in the wood
, and Jonathan went
to his house.
And they make
a covenant both
of
them
before Jehovah;
and David abideth
in the forest
, and Jonathan hath
gone
to his house.
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
?
And
the Ziphites go
up
unto
Saul to Gibeah, saying, `Is
not David hiding
himself with us in fortresses,
in the forest
, in the height
of Hachilah, which `
is '
on the south of the
desolate
place
?
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.
And
, now
, by
all the desire of thy soul ,
O
king,
to come down ,
come
down,
and ours
`is'
to shut
him up
into the hand of
the
king
. '
And Saul said
, Blessed be
ye of the
LORD;
for ye have compassion
on me .
And Saul saith
, `
Blessed `are'
ye of Jehovah,
for ye have pity
on me ;
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
.
go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot
is ;
who hath seen him there ?
for `one'
hath
said
unto
me ,
He is
very subtile
.
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.
And
see and know
of all the hiding-
places where he hideth himself, and ye have
turned
back
unto
me prepared
, and I have
gone
with you ,
and it hath
been
, if he is
in the land, that I have
searched
him out through
all the thousands of Judah. '
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
.
And they rise
and go
to Ziph before Saul ,
and
David and his men `are'
in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain ,
at
the south of the
desolate
place
.
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.
And
Saul and his men go
to seek ,
and they declare
to
David ,
and
he goeth
down the
rock, and abideth
in the wilderness of Maon ;
and Saul heareth
, and
pursueth
after David `to'
the wilderness of Maon.
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.
And Saul goeth
on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain ,
and David is
hastened
to go
from
the
face
of Saul ,
and
Saul and his men are
compassing
David and his men ,
to catch
them.
But
there
came
a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee
, and come ;
for the Philistines have invaded
the land.
And
a messenger hath
come
in
unto Saul, saying, `
Haste, and come ,
for the Philistines have pushed
against
the land. '
Wherefore
Saul returned
from pursuing after David, and went
against
the Philistines :
therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth
.
And
Saul turneth
back
from pursuing after David, and goeth
to
meet
the Philistines ,
therefore they have
called that place `The
Rock
of
Divisions
. '
And David went
up from
thence, and dwelt
in strong
holds
at Engedi
.
And David goeth
up thence, and abideth
in fortresses
`
at '
En-gedi
.
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