1 Samuel 23:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Then said David, O LORD, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

Common English Bible

Then David said, “LORD God of Israel, I, your servant, have heard that Saul plans on coming to Keilah and will destroy the town because of me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And David said: "O Lord God of Israel, your servant has heard a report that Saul is planning to go to Keilah, so that he may overturn the city because of me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And David said: O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath heard a report, that Saul designeth to come to Ceila, to destroy the city for my sake.

1 Samuel 23:10 Cross References

Genesis 18:24

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

Esther 3:6

But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

Proverbs 28:15

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; So is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

1 Samuel 22:19

And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

1 Samuel 23:11

Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD, the God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.

1 Samuel 23:8

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

1 Samuel 23:9

And David knew that Saul devised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.