1Samuel 23:25 - Prayer Tents



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1Samuel 23
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23Someone told David, "Look, the Philistines are fighting at Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors."H5046H1732H559H6430H3898H7084H8154H1637
2David inquired of the Lord: "Shall I go and strike down these Philistines?" The Lord said to David, "Go strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah."H1732H7592H3068H559H3212H5221H6430H3068H559H1732H3212H5221H6430H3467H7084
3David's men said to him, "Look, we're afraid here in Judah. How much then, if we go to Keilah against the Philistine army?"H1732H582H559H3373H3063H3212H7084H4634H6430
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."H1732H7592H3068H3254H3068H6030H559H6965H3381H7084H5414H6430H3027
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.H1732H582H3212H7084H3898H6430H5090H4735H5221H1419H4347H1732H3467H3427H7084
6Now when Ahimelech's son Abiathar had fled to David in Keilah, the ephod had come down with him.H54H1121H288H1272H1732H7084H3381H646H3027
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."H5046H7586H1732H935H7084H7586H559H430H5234H3027H5462H935H5892H1817H1280
8Saul summoned for battle all his forces to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.H7586H8085H5971H8085H4421H3381H7084H6696H1732H582
9David knew that Saul was devising evil plans against him, and so he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod."H1732H3045H7586H2790H7451H559H54H3548H5066H646
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.H559H1732H3068H430H3478H5650H8085H8085H7586H1245H935H7084H7843H5892
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."H1167H7084H5462H3027H7586H3381H5650H8085H3068H430H3478H5046H5650H3068H559H3381
12Then David said, "Will the people of Keilah hand me over to Saul?" The Lord said, "They'll hand you over."H559H1732H1167H7084H5462H582H3027H7586H3068H559H5462
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.H1732H582H8337H3967H376H6965H3318H7084H1980H834H1980H5046H7586H1732H4422H7084H2308H3318
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.H1732H3427H4057H4679H3427H2022H4057H2128H7586H1245H3117H430H5414H3027
15David was afraid because Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.H1732H7200H7586H3318H1245H5315H1732H4057H2128H2793
16Saul's son Jonathan got up and went to David at Horesh, and he encouraged him to trust in God.H3083H7586H1121H6965H3212H1732H2793H2388H3027H430
17Jonathan said to 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."H559H3372H3027H7586H1H4672H4427H3478H4932H7586H1H3045
18The two of them made a covenant in the Lord's presence. David remained at Horesh while Jonathan went home.H8147H3772H1285H6440H3068H1732H3427H2793H3083H1980H1004
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?H5927H2130H7586H1390H559H1732H5641H4679H2793H1389H2444H3225H3452
20Now, your majesty, whenever you want to come down, come down, and our part will be to hand him over to the king."2319H4428H3381H185H5315H3381H5462H4428H3027
21Saul said, "May you be blessed by the Lord, because you have been gracious to me.H7586H559H1288H3068H2550
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.H3212H3559H3045H7200H4725H7272H7200H559H6191H6191
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."H7200H3045H4224H2244H7725H3559H1980H3426H776H2664H505H3063
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.H6965H3212H2128H6440H7586H1732H582H4057H4584H6160H3225H3452
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.H7586H582H3212H1245H5046H1732H3381H5553H3427H4057H4584H7586H8085H7291H310H1732H4057H4584
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.H7586H3212H6654H2022H1732H582H6654H2022H1732H2648H3212H6440H7586H7586H582H5849H1732H582H5849H8610
27Then a messenger came to Saul with this news: "Come quickly, because the Philistines have made a raid on the land!"H935H4397H7586H559H4116H3212H6430H6584H776
28So Saul turned around from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines. Therefore, they call that place the Rock of Escape.H7586H7725H7291H310H1732H3212H7125H6430H7121H4725H5555
29David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En Gedi.23H1732H5927H3427H4679H5872


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