1st Samuel Chapter 23 - King James Strong Number Version

1: Then they told <H5046> David, <H1732> saying, <H0559> Behold, the Philistines <H6430> fight <H3898> against Keilah, <H7084> and they rob <H8154> the threshingfloors. <H1637>
2: Therefore David <H1732> enquired <H7592> of the LORD, <H3068> saying, <H0559> Shall I go <H3212> and smite <H5221> these Philistines? <H6430> And the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto David, <H1732> Go, <H3212> and smite <H5221> the Philistines, <H6430> and save <H3467> Keilah. <H7084>
3: And David's <H1732> men <H0582> said <H0559> unto him, Behold, we be afraid <H3373> here in Judah: <H3063> how much more then if we come <H3212> to Keilah <H7084> against the armies <H4634> of the Philistines? <H6430>
4: Then David <H1732> enquired <H7592> of the LORD <H3068> yet again. <H3254> And the LORD <H3068> answered <H6030> him and said, <H0559> Arise, <H6965> go down <H3381> to Keilah; <H7084> for I will deliver <H5414> the Philistines <H6430> into thine hand. <H3027>
5: So David <H1732> and his men <H0582> went <H3212> to Keilah, <H7084> and fought <H3898> with the Philistines, <H6430> and brought away <H5090> their cattle, <H4735> and smote <H5221> them with a great <H1419> slaughter. <H4347> So David <H1732> saved <H3467> the inhabitants <H3427> of Keilah. <H7084>
6: And it came to pass, when Abiathar <H0054> the son <H1121> of Ahimelech <H0288> fled <H1272> to David <H1732> to Keilah, <H7084> [that] he came down <H3381> [with] an ephod <H0646> in his hand. <H3027>
7: And it was told <H5046> Saul <H7586> that David <H1732> was come <H0935> to Keilah. <H7084> And Saul <H7586> said, <H0559> God <H0430> hath delivered <H5234> him into mine hand; <H3027> for he is shut in, <H5462> by entering <H0935> into a town <H5892> that hath gates <H1817> and bars. <H1280>
8: And Saul <H7586> called all the people <H5971> together <H8085> to war, <H4421> to go down <H3381> to Keilah, <H7084> to besiege <H6696> David <H1732> and his men. <H0582>
9: And David <H1732> knew <H3045> that Saul <H7586> secretly practised <H2790> mischief <H7451> against him; and he said <H0559> to Abiathar <H0054> the priest, <H3548> Bring hither <H5066> the ephod. <H0646>
10: Then said <H0559> David, <H1732> O LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> thy servant <H5650> hath certainly <H8085> heard <H8085> that Saul <H7586> seeketh <H1245> to come <H0935> to Keilah, <H7084> to destroy <H7843> the city <H5892> for my sake.
11: Will the men <H1167> of Keilah <H7084> deliver me up <H5462> into his hand? <H3027> will Saul <H7586> come down, <H3381> as thy servant <H5650> hath heard? <H8085> O LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> I beseech thee, tell <H5046> thy servant. <H5650> And the LORD <H3068> said, <H0559> He will come down. <H3381>
12: Then said <H0559> David, <H1732> Will the men <H1167> of Keilah <H7084> deliver <H5462> me and my men <H0582> into the hand <H3027> of Saul? <H7586> And the LORD <H3068> said, <H0559> They will deliver [thee] up. <H5462>
13: Then David <H1732> and his men, <H0582> [which were] about six <H8337> hundred, <H3967> <H0376> arose <H6965> and departed <H3318> out of Keilah, <H7084> and went <H1980> whithersoever <H0834> they could go. <H1980> And it was told <H5046> Saul <H7586> that David <H1732> was escaped <H4422> from Keilah; <H7084> and he forbare <H2308> to go forth. <H3318>
14: And David <H1732> abode <H3427> in the wilderness <H4057> in strong holds, <H4679> and remained <H3427> in a mountain <H2022> in the wilderness <H4057> of Ziph. <H2128> And Saul <H7586> sought <H1245> him every day, <H3117> but God <H0430> delivered <H5414> him not into his hand. <H3027>
15: And David <H1732> saw <H7200> that Saul <H7586> was come out <H3318> to seek <H1245> his life: <H5315> and David <H1732> [was] in the wilderness <H4057> of Ziph <H2128> in a wood. <H2793>
16: And Jonathan <H3083> Saul's <H7586> son <H1121> arose, <H6965> and went <H3212> to David <H1732> into the wood, <H2793> and strengthened <H2388> his hand <H3027> in God. <H0430>
17: And he said <H0559> unto him, Fear <H3372> not: for the hand <H3027> of Saul <H7586> my father <H0001> shall not find <H4672> thee; and thou shalt be king <H4427> over Israel, <H3478> and I shall be next <H4932> unto thee; and that also Saul <H7586> my father <H0001> knoweth. <H3045>
18: And they two <H8147> made <H3772> a covenant <H1285> before <H6440> the LORD: <H3068> and David <H1732> abode <H3427> in the wood, <H2793> and Jonathan <H3083> went <H1980> to his house. <H1004>
19: Then came up <H5927> the Ziphites <H2130> to Saul <H7586> to Gibeah, <H1390> saying, <H0559> Doth not David <H1732> hide <H5641> himself with us in strong holds <H4679> in the wood, <H2793> in the hill <H1389> of Hachilah, <H2444> which [is] on the south <H3225> of Jeshimon? <H3452>
20: Now therefore, O king, <H4428> come down <H3381> according to all the desire of <H0185> thy soul <H5315> to come down; <H3381> and our part [shall be] to deliver <H5462> him into the king's <H4428> hand. <H3027>
21: And Saul <H7586> said, <H0559> Blessed <H1288> [be] ye of the LORD; <H3068> for ye have compassion <H2550> on me.
22: Go, <H3212> I pray you, prepare <H3559> yet, and know <H3045> and see <H7200> his place <H4725> where his haunt <H7272> is, [and] who hath seen <H7200> him there: for it is told <H0559> me [that] he dealeth very <H6191> subtilly. <H6191>
23: See <H7200> therefore, and take knowledge <H3045> of all the lurking places <H4224> where he hideth <H2244> himself, and come ye again <H7725> to me with the certainty, <H3559> and I will go <H1980> with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be <H3426> in the land, <H0776> that I will search him out <H2664> throughout all the thousands <H0505> of Judah. <H3063>
24: And they arose, <H6965> and went <H3212> to Ziph <H2128> before <H6440> Saul: <H7586> but David <H1732> and his men <H0582> [were] in the wilderness <H4057> of Maon, <H4584> in the plain <H6160> on the south <H3225> of Jeshimon. <H3452>
25: Saul <H7586> also and his men <H0582> went <H3212> to seek <H1245> [him]. And they told <H5046> David: <H1732> wherefore he came down <H3381> into a rock, <H5553> and abode <H3427> in the wilderness <H4057> of Maon. <H4584> And when Saul <H7586> heard <H8085> [that], he pursued <H7291> after <H0310> David <H1732> in the wilderness <H4057> of Maon. <H4584>
26: And Saul <H7586> went <H3212> on this side <H6654> of the mountain, <H2022> and David <H1732> and his men <H0582> on that side <H6654> of the mountain: <H2022> and David <H1732> made haste <H2648> to get away <H3212> for fear <H6440> of Saul; <H7586> for Saul <H7586> and his men <H0582> compassed <H5849> David <H1732> and his men <H0582> round about to take <H8610> them.
27: But there came <H0935> a messenger <H4397> unto Saul, <H7586> saying, <H0559> Haste <H4116> thee, and come; <H3212> for the Philistines <H6430> have invaded <H6584> the land. <H0776>
28: Wherefore Saul <H7586> returned <H7725> from pursuing <H7291> after <H0310> David, <H1732> and went <H3212> against <H7125> the Philistines: <H6430> therefore they called <H7121> that place <H4725> Selahammahlekoth. <H5555>
29: And David <H1732> went up <H5927> from thence, and dwelt <H3427> in strong holds <H4679> at Engedi. <H5872>