1 Samuel 23
23:1And they reported to David, saying, Behold, the Philistines wage war in Keilah, and they tear in pieces the threshing-floors.
23:2And David asked of the lord, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? And the lord said to David, Go! and you shall strike the Philistines, and you shall deliver Keilah.
23:3And the men of David said to him, Behold, we here in Judea fear. And how will it be if we should go into Keilah unto the valleys of the Philistines?
23:4And David proceeded yet to ask of the lord. And the lord answered him, and said to him, Rise up and go down unto Keilah! for I deliver up the Philistines into your hands.
23:5And David went, and the men, the ones with him, unto Keilah. And he waged war against the Philistines, and they fled from his face. And he took away their cattle, and he struck them with a great beating. And David delivered the ones dwelling in Keilah.
23:6And it came to pass in the fleeing of Abiathar the son of Ahimelech to David in Keilah, he came down having an ephod in his hand.
23:7And it was reported to Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has sold him into my hands, for he is locked up, having entered into a city of doors and bars.
23:8And Saul exhorted all the people to go down for war to Keilah, to band together against David and his men.
23:9And David knew that Saul did not remain silent concerning him for evil. And David said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod!
23:10And David said, O lord, the God of Israel, in hearing hearken to your servant! for Saul seeks to come against Keilah, to utterly destroy the city on account of me.
23:11Shall it be locked up? And now, shall Saul come down as your servant heard, O lord, the God of Israel? Report to your servant! And the lord said, It shall be locked up.
23:12And David said, Shall the ones from Keilah deliver up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the lord said, They shall deliver up.
23:13And David rose up, and his men -- about eight hundred. And they went forth from Keilah, and went where ever they could go. And it was reported to Saul that David went safe from Keilah, and he spared to come forth.
23:14And David stayed in the wilderness, in the narrow passes, and settled in the mountain, in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all the days. And the lord did not deliver him into his hands.
23:15And David knew that Saul went forth to seek him. And David was in the wilderness Ziph in New.
23:16And Jonathan son of Saul rose up, and went to David in New. And he fortified his hands in the lord.
23:17And he said to him, Do not fear! for in no way shall the hand of Saul my father find you. And you shall reign over Israel, and I will be to you for second. And Saul my father knows so.
23:18And both ordained a covenant before the lord. And David settled in New, and Jonathan went forth to his house.
23:19And the Ziphites ascended up to Saul, unto the hill, saying, Behold is not David hid by us in the narrows, in New, in the hill of Hachilah, of the place at the right of Jeshimon?
23:20And now, every desire of the soul of the king, let him go down into the descent to us! They are being uncovered into the hands of the king.
23:21And Saul said to them, Being blessed are you to the lord, for you toiled on account of me.
23:22You should go indeed and prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot is, quickly, there in that place of which you said, lest at any time he should trick you!
23:23And look and know of all the places where he hides there! And return to me at ready! and I shall go with you. And it will be if he is in the land, that I shall search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
23:24And the Ziphites rose up, and went before Saul. And David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, to the west at the right of Jeshimon.
23:25And Saul went and his men to seek David. And they reported to David. And he went down into the rock, the one in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard, and he pursued unto the wilderness of Maon after David.
23:26And Saul went, and his men by the side of this mountain, and David and his men by the other side of this mountain. And David was sheltering to go from the face of Saul. And Saul and his men camped by David and his men -- to seize them.
23:27And a messenger came to Saul saying, Hasten and come here, for the Philistines made an attack against the land.
23:28And Saul returned to not pursue after David, and he went to meet the Philistines. On account of this that place is called, The Portioned Rock.
23:29And David ascended from there and settled in the narrows of En Gedi.