1 Samuel 23:7 - The Scriptures 2009

⁷ And Sha’ul was informed that Dawiḏ had gone to Qe‛ilah. Then Sha’ul said, “Elohim has estranged him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has 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 singing of the wrong is short-lived, and the joy of the defiled one is but for a moment?

Psalm 31:21

Blessed be יהוה, For He has made marvellous His loving-commitment to me in a strong city!

Exodus 14:3

For Pharaoh shall say of the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has closed them in.’ ”

Exodus 15:9

“The enemy said, ‘I pursue, I overtake, I divide the spoil, my being is satisfied on them. I draw out my sword, my hand destroys them.’

1 Samuel 23:14

And Dawiḏ remained in the wilderness, in strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the Wilderness of Ziph. And Sha’ul sought him every day, but Elohim did not give him into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:6

And it came to be, when Eḇyathar son of Aḥimeleḵ fled to Dawiḏ at Qe‛ilah, that he went down with a shoulder garment in his hand.

1 Samuel 23:8

And Sha’ul summoned all the people to battle, to go down to Qe‛ilah to besiege Dawiḏ and his men.