1 Samuel 23:7

Catholic Public Domain Version

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."

Cross References

Job 20:5

that the praise of the impious shall be short, and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment.

Exodus 14:3

And Pharaoh will say about the sons of Israel, 'They have been confined by the land; the desert has enclosed them.'

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said: 'I will pursue and overtake them. I will divide the spoils. My soul will be filled. I will unsheathe my sword. My hand will put them to death.'

1 Samuel 23:14

Then David stayed in the desert, in very strong places. And he stayed on a mount in the wilderness of Ziph, on a shady mount. Nevertheless, Saul was seeking him every day. But the Lord did not deliver him into his hands.

1 Samuel 23:6

And in that time, when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, was in exile with David, he had descended to Keilah, having an ephod with him.

1 Samuel 23:8

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