1 Samuel 23:7

Saúl persigue a David

7 Cuando le contaron a Saúl que David había ido a Queilá, exclamó: «¡Dios me lo ha entregado! David se ha metido en una ciudad con puertas y cerrojos, y no tiene escapatoria».

1 Samuel 23:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 23:7

And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah
No doubt it was told him what he came thither for, to relieve it, and deliver it out of the hands of the Philistines, and what success he had; which one would have thought would have reconciled his mind to him, and made him think well of them; but instead of that, it only led him to contrive mischief against him:

and Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand;
as if the success he had given to David was against, him, and in favour of Saul:

for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars;
while he betook himself to caves, and fields, and woods, he had no great hopes of finding him out, and coming up with him, and seizing him; but now he had got into a fortified place, enclosed with walls, and that had gates to it, kept bolted and barred; when he brought his army against it, and surrounded it, he imagined he would not be able to get out, and escape his hands.

1 Samuel 23:7 In-Context

5 Así que David y sus hombres fueron allá y lucharon contra los filisteos, derrotándolos por completo. David se apoderó de los ganados de los filisteos y rescató a los habitantes de la ciudad.

6 Ahora bien, cuando Abiatar hijo de Ajimélec huyó a Queilá para refugiarse con David, se llevó consigo el efod.

7 Cuando le contaron a Saúl que David había ido a Queilá, exclamó: «¡Dios me lo ha entregado! David se ha metido en una ciudad con puertas y cerrojos, y no tiene escapatoria».

8 Entonces convocó a todo su ejército para ir a combatir a David y a sus hombres, y sitiar la ciudad de Queilá.

9 David se enteró de que Saúl tramaba su destrucción. Por tanto, le ordenó a Abiatar que le llevara el efod.