1 Samuel 23:7 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁷ And it was told Saul that David was come to Kei´lah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand, for he is shut in by going into a town that has gates and bars.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

Common English Bible

⁷ When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has handed him over to me now because he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Then it was reported to Saul that David had gone to Keilah. And Saul said: "The Lord has delivered him into my hands. For he is enclosed, having entered into a city which has gates and bars."

1 Samuel 23:7 Cross References

Job 20:5

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

1 Samuel 23:14

And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Exodus 14:3

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

1 Samuel 23:6

And it came to pass, when Abi´athar the son of Ahim´elech fled to David to Kei´lah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

1 Samuel 23:8

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

Psalm 31:21

Blessed be the Lord: for he hath showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city.