1 Samuel 23:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Saul summoned all the men for war, to go to Keilah to besiege David and his men.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

Common English Bible

So Saul called up all his troops for war, to go down to Keilah and attack David and his soldiers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Saul instructed all the people to descend in order to fight against Keilah, and to besiege David and his men.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Saul commanded all the people to go down to fight against Ceila, and to besiege David, and his men.

1 Samuel 23:8 Cross References

1 Kings 2:26

And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your estate; for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because you shared in all the affliction of my father.”

1 Samuel 23:10

Then said David, “O Lord, the God of Israel, thy servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city on my account.

1 Samuel 23:7

Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, “God has given him into my hand; for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”

1 Samuel 23:9

David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”