Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? LORD, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant.”
The LORD said, “He will come down.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Samuel 23:11 in context
1 Samuel 23:8–14
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Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.
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David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him. He said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
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Then David said, “O LORD, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake.
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Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? LORD, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant.”
The LORD said, “He will come down.”
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Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?”
The LORD said, “They will deliver you up.”
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Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah and went wherever they could go. Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.
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David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.
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