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1 Samuel 23:12-14
New International Version
1 Samuel 23:12-14
New International Version
12 Again David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender(A) me and my men to Saul?”
And the Lord said, “They will.”
13 So David and his men,(B) about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.
14 David stayed in the wilderness(C) strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph.(D) Day after day Saul searched(E) for him, but God did not(F) give David into his hands.
1 Samuel 23:12-14
King James Version
1 Samuel 23:12-14
King James Version
12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up.
13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
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