1 Samuel 23

1 and to tell to/for David to/for to say behold Philistine to fight in/on/with Keilah and they(masc.) to plunder [obj] [the] threshing floor

One day David heard the news, “The Philistines are attacking Keilah and stealing the grain from the threshing floors.”

2 and to ask David in/on/with LORD to/for to say to go: went and to smite in/on/with Philistine [the] these and to say LORD to(wards) David to go: went and to smite in/on/with Philistine and to save [obj] Keilah

So he asked advice from the Lord, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” The Lord told David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”

3 and to say human David to(wards) him behold we here in/on/with Judah afraid and also for to go: went Keilah to(wards) rank Philistine

But David's men told him, “Even here in Judah we feel afraid. If we went to Keilah to fight the Philistine armies we'd be absolutely terrified!”

4 and to add: again still David to/for to ask in/on/with LORD and to answer him LORD and to say to arise: rise to go down Keilah for I to give: give [obj] Philistine in/on/with hand: power your

So David asked advice from the Lord again, and the Lord told him, “Go immediately to Keilah, for I will give you victory over the Philistines.”

5 and to go: went David (and human his *QK) Keilah and to fight in/on/with Philistine and to lead [obj] livestock their and to smite in/on/with them wound great: large and to save David [obj] to dwell Keilah

Then David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. They slaughtered them and drove off their livestock. By doing this David saved the people of Keilah.

6 and to be in/on/with to flee Abiathar son: child Ahimelech to(wards) David Keilah ephod to go down in/on/with hand: power his

(When Abiathar, son of Ahimelech, ran away to David at Keilah he brought the ephod with him.)

7 and to tell to/for Saul for to come (in): come David Keilah and to say Saul to alienate [obj] him God in/on/with hand: power my for to shut to/for to come (in): come in/on/with city door and bar

When Saul found out that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has handed him over to me, because he has locked himself inside a town with gates that can be barred shut.”

8 and to hear: proclaim Saul [obj] all [the] people to/for battle to/for to go down Keilah to/for to confine to(wards) David and to(wards) human his

So Saul called up his whole army to go and attack Keilah and to besiege David and his men.

9 and to know David for upon him Saul to plow/plot [the] distress: harm and to say to(wards) Abiathar [the] priest to approach: bring [emph?] [the] ephod

When David learned that Saul was plotting to attack him, he asked Abiathar the priest, “Please bring the ephod.”

10 and to say David LORD God Israel to hear: hear to hear: hear servant/slave your for to seek Saul to/for to come (in): come to(wards) Keilah to/for to ruin to/for city in/on/with for the sake of me

David prayed, “Lord, God of Israel, I your servant have been clearly told that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the town because of me.

11 to shut me master: men Keilah in/on/with hand: power his to go down Saul like/as as which to hear: hear servant/slave your LORD God Israel to tell please to/for servant/slave your and to say LORD to go down

Are the town leaders of Keilah going to hand me over to him? Is Saul going to come, as I have heard? Lord, God of Israel, please tell me.” “Yes, he'll come,” the Lord replied.

12 and to say David to shut master: men Keilah [obj] me and [obj] human my in/on/with hand: power Saul and to say LORD to shut

“And will the town leaders of Keilah hand me and my men over to Saul?” David asked. “Yes, they will,” the Lord replied.

13 and to arise: rise David and human his like/as six hundred man and to come out: come from Keilah and to go: went in/on/with in which to go: went and to/for Saul to tell for to escape David from Keilah and to cease to/for to come out: come

So David and his men, who numbered around six hundred, left Keilah and moved around from place to place. When Saul discovered that David had escaped from Keilah, he didn't bother going there.

14 and to dwell David in/on/with wilderness in/on/with stronghold and to dwell in/on/with mountain: hill country in/on/with wilderness Ziph and to seek him Saul all [the] day and not to give: give him God in/on/with hand: power his

David set up camp in the wilderness strongholds, staying in the mountains of the Desert of Ziph. Saul searched for him continually, but God did not let David be captured.

15 and to see: see David for to come out: come Saul to/for to seek [obj] soul: life his and David in/on/with wilderness Ziph in/on/with Horesh

While David was staying at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he found out that Saul was on his way to murder him.

16 and to arise: rise Jonathan son: child Saul and to go: went to(wards) David Horesh and to strengthen: strengthen [obj] hand: power his in/on/with God

Saul's son Jonathan went to see David in Horesh and encouraged him to go on trusting in God, telling him,

17 and to say to(wards) him not to fear for not to find you hand: themselves Saul father my and you(m. s.) to reign upon Israel and I to be to/for you to/for second and also Saul father my to know so

“Don't worry, because my father Saul is never going to find you. You're going to be king of Israel, and I'll be your deputy. Even my father Saul knows this.”

18 and to cut: make(covenant) two their covenant to/for face: before LORD and to dwell David in/on/with Horesh and Jonathan to go: went to/for house: home his

The two of them made an agreement before the Lord. David stayed in Horesh and Jonathan went home.

19 and to ascend: rise Ziphite to(wards) Saul [the] Gibeah [to] to/for to say not David to hide with us in/on/with stronghold in/on/with Horesh in/on/with hill [the] Hachilah which from right: south [the] Jeshimon

Then the people of Ziph went to Saul at Gibeah and told him, “David is hiding in our area, in the strongholds in Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, in the southern wastelands.

20 and now to/for all desire soul your [the] king to/for to go down to go down and to/for us to shut him in/on/with hand: power [the] king

So, Your Majesty, please come whenever you want, and we'll make sure to hand him over to you.”

21 and to say Saul to bless you(m. p.) to/for LORD for to spare upon me

“The Lord bless you for thinking about me,” Saul replied.

22 to go: went please to establish: right still and to know and to see: see [obj] place his which to be foot his who? to see: see him there for to say to(wards) me be shrewd be shrewd he/she/it

“Please go and make absolutely sure you know exactly where he is—where he stays and who has seen him there—because people tell me that he's very devious.

23 and to see: behold! and to know from all [the] refuge which to hide there and to return: return to(wards) me to(wards) to establish: establish and to go: went with you and to be if there he in/on/with land: country/planet and to search [obj] him in/on/with all thousand: clan Judah

Look for and mark down all his hiding places. Then come back to me when you're sure, and I'll go back with you. If he's here in the country, I will hunt him down among all the people of Judah.”

24 and to arise: rise and to go: went Ziph [to] to/for face: before Saul and David and human his in/on/with wilderness Maon in/on/with Arabah to(wards) right: south [the] Jeshimon

So the people of Ziph set off, returning to Ziph ahead of Saul. David and his men were in the Desert of Maon in the Arabah Valley in the southern wastelands.

25 and to go: went Saul and human his to/for to seek and to tell to/for David and to go down [the] crag and to dwell in/on/with wilderness Maon and to hear: hear Saul and to pursue after David wilderness Maon

Saul and his men started hunting for him. When David found out, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the Desert of Maon. When Saul heard this, he chased after David in the Desert of Maon.

26 and to go: went Saul from side [the] mountain: mount from this and David and human his from side [the] mountain: mount from this and to be David to hurry to/for to go: went from face: before Saul and Saul and human his to surround to(wards) David and to(wards) human his to/for to capture them

Saul was traveling along one side of the mountain, while David and his men were on the other side, rushing to get away. But just as Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men, about to capture them,

27 and messenger to come (in): come to(wards) Saul to/for to say to hasten [emph?] and to go: come [emph?] for to strip Philistine upon [the] land: country/planet

a messenger arrived to tell Saul, “Come at once! The Philistines have invaded the country!”

28 and to return: return Saul from to pursue after David and to go: went to/for to encounter: toward Philistine upon so to call: call by to/for place [the] he/she/it Rock of Escape Rock of Escape

So Saul had to stop chasing David and went to confront the Philistines. That's why the place is called the “Rock of Escape.”

29 and to ascend: rise David from there and to dwell in/on/with stronghold Engedi Engedi

Then David left and went to live in the strongholds of En-gedi.