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  23:1 ¶
And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors. |
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23:1 ¶
Then they told°°
David,°
saying,°°
Behold,°
the Philistines°
fight°°
against Keilah,°
and they°
rob°°°
the threshingfloors.° |
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23:2
Therefore David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. |
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23:2
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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23:3
And David's men said unto him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? |
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23:3
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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23:4
Then David inquired of Jehovah yet again. And Jehovah answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand. |
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23:4
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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23:5
And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David save the inhabitants of Keilah. |
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23:5
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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23:6
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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23:6
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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23:7 ¶
And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. |
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23:7 ¶
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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23:8
And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. |
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23:8
And Saul°
called°°°
all°
the people°
together°°
to war,°
to go down°°
to Keilah,°
to besiege°°°
David°
and his men.°° |
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23:9 ¶
And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. |
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23:9 ¶
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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23:10
Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. |
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23:10
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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23:11
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Jehovah, the God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down. |
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23:11
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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23:12
Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up to me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver thee up. |
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23:12
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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23:13 ¶
Then David and his men, who 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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23:13 ¶
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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23:14
And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. |
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23:14
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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23:15
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood. |
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23:15
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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23:16 ¶
And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. |
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23:16 ¶
And Jonathan°
Saul's°
son°
arose,°°
and went°°°
to°
David°
into the wood,°
and strengthened°°°
his hand°
in God.° |
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23:17
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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23:17
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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23:18
And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. |
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23:18
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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23:19 ¶
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert? |
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23:19 ¶
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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23:20
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 up into the king's hand. |
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23:20
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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23:21
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have had compassion on me. |
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23:21
And Saul°
said,°°
Blessed°°
[be] ye°
of the LORD;°
for°
ye have compassion°°
on°
me. |
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23:22
Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, 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 subtly. |
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23:22
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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23:23
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me of a 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 among all the thousands of Judah. |
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23:23
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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23:24
And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert. |
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23:24
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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23:25
And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down to the 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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23:25
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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23:26
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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23:26
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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23:27 ¶
But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land. |
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23:27 ¶
But there came°°
a messenger°
unto°
Saul,°
saying,°°
Haste°°
thee, and come;°°°
for°
the Philistines°
have invaded°°°
the land.° |
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23:28
So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth. |
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23:28
Wherefore Saul°
returned°°
from pursuing°°°
after°
David,°
and went°°°
against°°
the Philistines:°
therefore°°
they called°°
that°
place°
Selahammahlekoth.°°° |
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23:29 ¶
And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi. |
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23:29 ¶
And David°
went up°°
from thence,°°
and dwelt°°
in strong holds°
at Engedi.° |
