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  23:1 ¶
And it was told David, saying, behold, the Philistines war in Keilah{gr.Keila}, and they rob, they trample on 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
And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said, Go, and thou shalt smite these Philistines, and shalt save Keilah{gr.Keila}. |
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23:2
Therefore David°
enquired°°
of Yahweh,°
saying,°°
Shall I go°°°
and smite°°
these°
Philistines?°
And Yahweh°
said°°
unto°
David,°
Go,°°°
and smite°°
the Philistines,°
and save°°°
Keilah.° |
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23:3
And the men of David said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah{gr.Judea}; and how shall it be if we go to Keilah{gr.Keila}? Shall we go after the spoils 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
And David enquired yet again of the Lord; and the Lord answered him, and said to him, Arise and go down to Keilah{gr.Keila}, for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hands. |
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23:4
Then David°
enquired°°
of Yahweh°
yet°
again.°°
And Yahweh°
answered°°
him and said,°°
Arise,°°
go down°°
to Keilah;°
for°
I°
will deliver°°°
the Philistines°
into thine hand.° |
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23:5
So David and his men with him went to Keilah{gr.Keila}, and fought with the Philistines; and they fled from before him, and he carried off their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter, and David rescued the inhabitants of Keilah{gr.Keila}. |
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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{gr.Achimelech} fled to David, that he went down with David to Keilah{gr.Keila}, having and 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{gr.Keila}: and Saul said, God has sold him into my hands, for he is shut up, having entered into a city that has gates and bars. |
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23:7 ¶
And it was told°°
Saul°
that°
David°
was come°°
to Keilah.°
And Saul°
said,°°
Elohim°
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 charged all the people to go down to war to Keilah{gr.Keila}, 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 spoke openly of mischief against him: and David said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod of the Lord. |
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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
And David said, Lord God of Israel, thy servant has indeed heard, that Saul seeks to come against Keilah{gr.Keila} to destroy the city on my account. |
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23:10
Then said°°
David,°
O Yahweh°
Elohim°
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 place] be shut up? And now will Saul come down, as thy servant has heard? Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, It will be shut up. |
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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 Yahweh°
Elohim°
of Israel,°
I beseech thee,°
tell°°
thy servant.°
And Yahweh°
said,°°
He will come down.°° |
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23:12
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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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 Yahweh°
said,°°
They will deliver [thee] up.°° |
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23:13 ¶
And David arose, and the men with him, in number about four hundred, and they went forth from Keilah{gr.Keila}, and went whithersoever they could go: and it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah{gr.Keila}, and he forbore to come. |
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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 he dwelt in Maserem in the wilderness, in the narrow [passes]; and dwelt in the wilderness in mount Ziph, in the dry country. And Saul sought him continually, but the Lord delivered him not into his hands. |
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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 Elohim°
delivered°°
him not°
into his hand.° |
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23:15
And David perceived that Saul went forth to seek David; and David was in the dry mountain in the New Ziph. |
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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 son of Saul rose, and went to David to Caene, and strengthened his hands in the Lord. |
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23:16 ¶
And Jonathan°
Saul's°
son°
arose,°°
and went°°°
to°
David°
into the wood,°
and strengthened°°°
his hand°
in Elohim.° |
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23:17
And he said to 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 second to thee; and Saul my father knows it. |
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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
So they both made a covenant before the Lord; and David dwelt in Caene, and Jonathan went to his home. |
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23:18
And they two°
made°°
a covenant°
before°
Yahweh:°
and David°
abode°°
in the wood,°
and Jonathan°
went°°
to his house.° |
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23:19 ¶
And the Ziphites came up out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the narrows in Caene in the hill of Echela, which is on the right of Jessaemon? |
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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
And now [according to] all the king's desire to come down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the hands of the king. |
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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 to them, Blessed [be] ye of the Lord, for ye have been grieved on my account. |
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23:21
And Saul°
said,°°
Blessed°°
[be] ye°
of Yahweh;°
for°
ye have compassion°°
on°
me. |
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23:22
Go, I pray you, and make preparations yet, and notice his place where his foot shall be, quickly, in that place which ye spoke of, lest by any means he should deal craftily. |
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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
Take notice, then, and learn, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass that if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah{gr.Juda}. |
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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 the Ziphites arose, and went before Saul: and David and his men [were] in the wilderness of Maon, westward, to the right of Jessaemon. |
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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 brought word to David, and he went down to the rock that was in the wilderness of Maon: and Saul heard, and followed after David to 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 and his men go on one side of the mountain, and David and his men are on the other side of the mountain: and David was hiding himself to escape from Saul: and Saul and his men encamped against David and his men, in order 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 ¶
And there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come hither, for the Philistines have invaded 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 following after David, and went to meet the Philistines: therefore that place was called The divided Rock. |
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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 rose up from thence, and dwelt in the narrow passes of Engaddi. |
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23:29 ¶
And David°
went up°°
from thence,°°
and dwelt°°
in strong holds°
at Engedi.° |
