1
Then they told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors."
~yim'x.lin ~yiT.vil.pt06430 heNih r{maelt0559 diw'd.lt01732 .WdiG;Y;w ? tw{n'r\G;h -t,a ~yis{v h'Meh.w h'lyi[.qiBt07084
2
So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" And the LORD said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and deliver Keilah."
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3
But David's men said to him, "Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much * more * then if we go to Keilah against the ranks of the Philistines?"
.Wn.x;n]a heNih wy'lea diw'dt01732 yev.n;at0582 .Wr.ma{Y;wt0559 ? h'li[.qt07084 .$elen -yiK @;a.w ~yiaer.yt03373 h'd.WhyiBt03063 h{p ? ~yiT.vil.Pt06430 tw{k.r;[;m -l,a
4
Then David inquired of the LORD once * more *. And the LORD answered him and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.
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5
So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines; and he led away their livestock and struck them with a great slaughter. Thus David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.
~yiT.vil.P;Bt06430 ~,x'LiY;wt03898 h'lyi[.qt07084 w{v.nia;wt0582 diw'Dt01732 .$,leY;w ? h'lw{d.gt01419 h'K;mt04347 ~,h'B .$;Y;w ~,hyen.qim -t,a g;h.niY;wt05090 ? h'lyi[.qt07084 yeb.v{yt03427 tea diw'Dt01732 [;v{Y;wt03467
6
Now it came about, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
diw'Dt01732 -l,a .$,l,myix]at0288 -n,B r't'y.b,at054 ;x{r.biBt01272 yih.y;w ? w{d'y.Bt03027 d;r'yt03381 dw{pea h'lyi[.q
7
When it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, "God has delivered him into my hand, for he shut himself in by entering a city with double gates and bars."
r,ma{Y;wt0559 h'lyi[.qt07084 diw'dt01732 a'b -yiK l.Wa'v.lt07586 d;GUY;w ? r;G.sint05462 yiK yid'y.Bt03027 ~yih{l/at0430 w{t{a r;Kint05234 l.Wa'vt07586 ? ;xyir.b.Wt01280 ~Iy;t'l.Dt01817 ryi[.Bt05892 aw{b'lt0935
8
So Saul summoned all the people for war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.
t,d,r'l h'm'x.liM;lt04421 ~'['ht05971 -l'K -t,a l.Wa'vt07586 [;M;v.y;wt08085 ? wy'v'n]at0582 -l,a.w diw'Dt01732 -l,a r.Wc'l h'lyi[.qt07084
9
Now David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here."
h'['r'ht07451 vyir]x;m l.Wa'vt07586 wy'l'[ yiK diw'Dt01732 [;deY;w ? dw{pea'h h'vyiG;h !eh{K;ht03548 r't'y.b,at054 -l,a r,ma{Y;wt0559
10
Then David said, "O LORD God of Israel, Your servant has heard for certain that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to destroy the city on my account.
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11
"Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down just as Your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I pray, tell Your servant." And the LORD said, "He will come down."
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12
Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And the LORD said, "They will surrender you."
yit{a h'lyi[.qt07084 yel][;Bt01167 .WriG.s;y]ht05462 diw'Dt01732 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? h'wh.yt03068 r,ma{Y;wt0559 l.Wa'vt07586 -d;y.Bt03027 y;v'n]at0582 -t,a.w ? .WryiG.s;y
13
Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the pursuit.
.Wa.ceY;wt03318 vyiat0376 tw{aemt03318 -vev.Kt08337 wy'v'n]a;wt0582 diw'Dt01732 ~'q'Y;w ? l.Wa'v.l.Wt07586 .Wk'L;h.tIy r,v]a;Bt0834 .Wk.L;h.tiY;w h'li[.Qimt07084 ? taec'l l;D.x,Y;wt02308 h'lyi[.Qimt07084 diw'Dt01732 j;l.mint04422 -yiK d;GUh
14
David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand
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15
Now David became aware that Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.
w{v.p;nt05315 -t,a veQ;b.lt01245 l.Wa'vt07586 a'c'y -yiK ]diw'dt01732 a.r;Y;w ? h'v.r{x;Bt02793 @yizt02128 -r;B.dim.Bt04057 diw'd.wt01732
16
And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose and went to David at Horesh, and encouraged * him in God.
diw'Dt01732 -l,a .$,leY;w l.Wa'vt07586 -n,B !'t'nw{h.yt03083 ~'q'Y;w ? ~yih{laeBt0430 w{d'yt03027 -t,a qeZ;x.y;wt02388 h'v.r{xt02793
17
Thus he said to him, "Do not be afraid, because the hand of Saul my father will not find you, and you will be king over Israel and I will be next to you; and Saul my father knows that also."
'$]a'c.mitt04672 a{l yiK a'ryiTt03372 -l;a wy'lea r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? lea'r.fIy -l;[ .${l.miTt04427 h'T;a.w yib'at01 l.Wa'vt07586 d;yt03027 ? l.Wa'vt07586 -m;g.w h,n.vim.lt04932 '$.L -h,y.h,a yik{n'a.w ? !eK ;[ed{y yib'at01
18
So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house.
b,veY;wt03427 h'wh.yt03068 yen.pilt06440 tyir.Bt01285 ~,hyen.vt08147 .Wt.r.kiY;wt03772 ? w{tyeb.lt01004 .$;l'ht01980 !'t'nw{hyiwt03083 h'v.r{x;Bt02793 diw'Dt01732
19
Then Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is David not hiding with us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon
r{maelt0559 h't'[.biG;ht01390 l.Wa'vt07586 -l,a ~yipizt02130 .Wl][;Y;w ? h'v.r{x;Bt02793 tw{d'c.M;bt04679 .Wn'Mi[ reT;T.simt05641 diw'dt01732 aw{l]h ? !w{myiv.y;ht03452 !yimyimt03225 r,v]a h'lyik]x;ht02444 t;[.big.Bt01389
20
"Now then, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to do so; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand."
der t,d,r'l .$,l,M;ht04428 '$.v.p;nt05315 t]W;a -l'k.l h'T;[.w ? .$,l,M;ht04428 d;y.Bt03027 w{ryiG.s;h .Wn'l.w
21
Saul said, "May you be blessed of the LORD, for you have had compassion on me
yiK h'why;lt03068 ~,T;a ~yik.Wr.B l.Wa'vt07586 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? y'l'[ ~,T.l;m]xt02550
22
"Go now, make more sure, and investigate and see his place where * his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very cunning.
w{mw{q.mt04725 -t,a .Wa.r.W .W[.d.W dw{[ .Wnyik'h a'n -.Wk.l ? r;m'at0559 yiK ~'v .Wh'a'rt07200 yim w{l.g;rt07272 h,y.hiT r,v]a ? a.Wh ~ir.[;yt06191 ~w{r'[ y;lea
23
"So look, and learn about all the hiding places where * he hides himself and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah."
aeB;x.tIyt02244 r,v]a ~yia{b]x;M;ht04224 l{Kim .W[.d.W .Wa.r.W ? ~,k.Tia yiT.k;l'h.w !w{k'n -l,a y;lea ~,T.b;v.wt07725 ~'v ? l{k.B w{t{a yiT.f;Pix.w #,r'a'bt0776 w{n.v,yt03426 -mia h'y'h.w ? h'd.Wh.y yep.l;a
24
Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.
diw'd.wt01732 l.Wa'vt07586 yen.pilt06440 h'pyiz .Wk.leY;w .Wm.Wq'Y;w ? !yim.yt03225 l,a h'b'r]['Bt06160 !w{['mt04584 r;B.dim.Bt04057 wy'v'n]a;wt0582 ? !w{myiv.y;ht03452
25
When Saul and his men went to seek him, they told David, and he came down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.
diw'd.lt01732 ].WdiG;Y;w veQ;b.lt01245 wy'v'n]a;wt0582 l.Wa'vt07586 .$,leY;w ? [;m.viY;wt08085 !w{['mt04584 r;B.dim.Bt04057 b,veY;wt03427 [;l,S;ht05553 d,reY;wt03381 ? !w{['mt04584 r;B.dimt04057 diw'dt01732 -yer]x;at0310 @{D.riY;wt07291 l.Wa'vt07586
26
Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to seize them.
wy'v'n]a;wt0582 diw'd.wt01732 h,Zim r'h'ht02022 d;Cimt06654 l.Wa'vt07586 .$,leY;w ? t,k,l'l z'P.x,nt02648 diw'dt01732 yih.y;w h,Zim r'h'ht02022 d;Cimt06654 ? diw'Dt01732 -l,a ~yir.j{[t05849 wy'v'n]a;wt0582 l.Wa'v.wt07586 l.Wa'vt07586 yen.Pimt06440 ? ~'f.p't.l wy'v'n]at0582 -l,a.w
27
But a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land."
h'kel.w h'r]h;mt04116 r{maelt0559 l.Wa'vt07586 -l,a a'B .$'a.l;m.Wt04397 ? #,r'a'ht0776 -l;[ ~yiT.vil.pt06430 .Wj.v'pt06584 -yiK
28
So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines; therefore * they called that place the Rock of Escape.
ta;r.qilt07125 .$,leY;w diw'dt01732 yer]x;at0310 @{d.rimt07291 l.Wa'vt07586 b'v'Y;w ? [;l,s a.Wh;h ~w{q'M;lt04725 .Wa.r'qt07121 !eK -l;[ ~yiT.vil.Pt06430 ? tw{q.l.x;M;ht05555
29
David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi.
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