1 Samuel 23 NKJV ISV Parallel

◄ 1 Samuel 23 ►

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1Then they told David, saying, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are robbing the threshing floors.”

1Someone told David, "Look, the Philistines are fighting at Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors."

2Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines, and save Keilah.”

2David inquired of the LORD: "Shall I go and strike down these Philistines?" The LORD told David, "Go strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah."

3But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

3David's men told him, "Look, we're afraid here in Judah. How much then, if we go to Keilah against the Philistine army?"

4Then David inquired of the LORD once again. And the LORD answered him and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

4David inquired of the LORD again, and the LORD answered him: "Get up, go down to Keilah. I'll give the Philistines into your control."

5And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines, struck them with a mighty blow, and took away their livestock. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

5David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He carried off their livestock and defeated them decisively, and so David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

6Now it happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, that he went down with an ephod in his hand.

6Now when Ahimelech's son Abiathar had fled to David in Keilah, the ephod had come down with him.

7And Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah. So Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”

7It was reported to Saul that David had come to Keilah, and Saul said, "The LORD has delivered him into my hand because he has shut himself in by going into a town with double gates and bars."

8Then Saul called all the people together for war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.

8Saul summoned for battle all his forces to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

9When David knew that Saul plotted evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”

9David knew that Saul was devising evil plans against him, and so he told Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod."

10Then David said, “O LORD God of Israel, Your servant has certainly heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake.

10David said, "LORD God of Israel. Your servant has definitely heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah to destroy the town because of me.

11Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I pray, tell Your servant.” And the LORD said, “He will come down.”

11Will the people of Keilah hand me over to him? Will Saul come down just as your servant has heard? LORD God of Israel, please inform your servant." The LORD said, "He will come down."

12Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And the LORD said, “They will deliver you.”

12Then David said, "Will the people of Keilah hand me over to Saul?" The LORD said, "They'll hand you over."

13So David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah and went wherever they could go. Then it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; so he halted the expedition.

13David and his men, about 600 strong, got up and left Keilah. They moved around wherever they could go. Saul was advised that David had escaped from Keilah, so he stopped the campaign.

14And David stayed in strongholds in the wilderness, and remained in the mountains in the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.

14David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and he lived in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not let David slip into Saul's control.

15So David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. And David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in a forest.

15David was afraid because Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

16Then Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David in the woods and strengthened his hand in God.

16Saul's son Jonathan got up and went to David at Horesh, and he encouraged him to trust in God.

17And he said to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. Even my father Saul knows that.”

17Jonathan told him, "Don't be afraid. My father Saul won't find you, and you will be king over Israel. I'll be your second-in-command. My father Saul also knows this."

18So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his own house.

18The two of them made a covenant in the LORD's presence. David remained at Horesh while Jonathan went home.

19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding with us in strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

19People from Ziph came up to Saul at Gibeah and informed him, "David is hiding with us in the strongholds in Horesh and on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon, isn't he?

20Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.”

20Now, your majesty, whenever you want to come down, come down, and our part will be to hand him over to the king."

21And Saul said, “Blessed are you of the LORD, for you have compassion on me.

21Saul said, "May you be blessed by the LORD, because you have been gracious to me.

22Please go and find out for sure, and see the place where his hideout is, and who has seen him there. For I am told he is very crafty.

22Go and again make sure, find out and investigate where he is and who has seen him there, for people tell me that he's very clever.

23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides; and come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. And it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search for him throughout all the clans of Judah.”

23Investigate and find out all the hiding places there where he hides, and return to me with reliable information. Then I'll go down with you, and if he's in the land, I'll search him out among all the thousands of Judah."

24So 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.

24The people from Ziph got up and left Saul, while David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon.

25When Saul and his men went to seek him, they told David. Therefore he went down to the rock, and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued David in the Wilderness of Maon.

25When Saul and his men went to search for David, some people told David, and he went down to the Rock of Escape and remained in the wilderness of Maon. Saul heard this and he pursued David into the wilderness of Maon.

26Then Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. So David made haste to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men were encircling David and his men to take them.

26Saul went on one side of the mountain while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul while Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.

27But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have invaded the land!”

27Then a messenger came to Saul with this news: "Come quickly, because the Philistines have made a raid on the land!"

28Therefore Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines; so they called that place the Rock of Escape.

28So Saul turned around from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines. Therefore, they call that place the Rock of Escape.

29Then David went up from there and dwelt in strongholds at En Gedi.

29 David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En-gedi.

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