12 Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah [a]deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?”

And the Lord said, “They will deliver you.

13 So David and his men, (A)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.

David in Wilderness Strongholds

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:12 Lit. shut up

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