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David saves Keilah

¹David was told, “The Philistines are attacking Keilah and looting the threshing floors.” ²So David inquired of the LORD, “Am I to go and attack these Philistines?” The LORD answered David, “Go, attack the Philistines, and rescue Keilah.” ³But David’s men said to him, “Even here in Judah we live in fear. How much worse if we go to Keilah to face the Philistine army!”

⁴David inquired of the LORD once more, and the LORD answered him, “Set out and go down to Keilah, for I am handing the Philistines over to you.” ⁵So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He carried off their livestock and dealt them a heavy defeat. So David rescued the people of Keilah.

⁶Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand. ⁷Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, “God has handed him over to me. He has shut himself in by going into a town with gates and bars.” ⁸Saul called up all the troops for battle, to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men. ⁹When David learned that Saul was plotting harm against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”

¹⁰Then David said, “LORD, God of Israel, your servant has heard for certain that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the town because of me. ¹¹Will the leaders of Keilah hand me over to him? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? LORD, God of Israel, please tell your servant.” The LORD answered, “He will come down.” ¹²David asked again, “Will the leaders of Keilah hand me and my men over to Saul?” The LORD answered, “They will hand you over.”

¹³So David and his men, about six hundred of them, set out and left Keilah, and they kept moving from place to place. Saul was told that David had slipped away from Keilah, and he called off the march. ¹⁴David stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him day after day, but God did not give David into his hands. ¹⁵David saw that Saul had come out to take his life. At the time David was at Horesh in the wilderness of Ziph.

Jonathan strengthens David

¹⁶Then Saul’s son Jonathan set out and went to David at Horesh, and he gave him fresh strength in God. ¹⁷He said to him, “Do not be afraid. My father Saul will not lay his hand on you. You will reign over Israel, and I will be at your side as your second. Even my father Saul knows that this is so.” ¹⁸The two of them made a covenant in the presence of the LORD. Then David stayed on at Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

The Ziphites betray David

¹⁹Some Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is David not hiding among us? He is in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, to the south of Jeshimon. ²⁰So now, O king, come down whenever you wish. Our part will be to hand him over to the king.” ²¹Saul said, “May the LORD bless you, for you have shown me compassion. ²²Go now and make even more certain. Find out exactly where he goes and who has seen him there. I hear that he is very cunning. ²³Look into every hiding place he uses and learn them all, then come back to me with sure information. Then I will go with you, and if he is anywhere in the region, I will hunt him down among all the clans of Judah.” ²⁴So they set out and went back to Ziph ahead of Saul. Meanwhile David and his men had gone on to the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah south of Jeshimon. ²⁵Saul and his men went out to look for him. But David was told, so he went down to the rock and remained in the wilderness of Maon. Hearing of this, Saul went after David into the wilderness of Maon. ²⁶Saul moved along one side of the mountain while David and his men moved along the other. David was rushing to get clear of Saul, and Saul and his men were encircling David and his men to capture them. ²⁷But a messenger came to Saul and said, “Come quickly! The Philistines have raided the land.” ²⁸So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to face the Philistines. That is why that place was named Sela-hammahlekoth.