1 Samuel 23:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And it was told Saul that David was come to Ceila. And Saul said: The Lord hath delivered him into my hands; and he is shut up, being come into a city, that hath 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 godless but for a moment?

Psalm 31:21

Blessed be the LORD: For he hath shewed me his marvelous lovingkindness in a strong city.

Exodus 14:3

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

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.

1 Samuel 23:14

And David abode in the wilderness in the strong holds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:6

And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

1 Samuel 23:8

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