1 Samuel 23:7 - Tree of Life Version

⁷ Now when Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand! For he shut himself in by entering a town with barred gates.”

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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 triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?

Psalm 31:21

In the shelter of Your presence You hide them from people’s plots. You conceal them in a sukkah from the strife of tongues.

Exodus 14:3

Pharaoh will say concerning Bnei-Yisrael, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land—the wilderness has shut them in!’

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, “I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My lust shall gorge on them! I will draw my sword— my hand will destroy them.”

1 Samuel 23:14

So David stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness, remaining in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:6

It came about, when Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.

1 Samuel 23:8

So Saul summoned all the troops for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his fellow men.