1 Samuel 23:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ 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

⁸ And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Saul summoned all the men for war, to go to Keilah to besiege David and his men.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

Common English Bible

⁸ So Saul called up all his troops for war, to go down to Keilah and attack David and his soldiers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And Saul instructed all the people to descend in order to fight against Keilah, and to besiege David and his men.

1 Samuel 23:8 Cross References

1 Samuel 23:7

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.

1 Samuel 23:9

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

1 Kings 2:26

And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GODbefore David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

1 Samuel 23:10

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.