1 Samuel 23:7

Good News Translation

Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, “God has put him in my power. David has trapped himself by going into a walled town with fortified gates.”

Cross References

Job 20:5

no wicked people have been happy for long.

Psalm 31:21

Praise the Lord! How wonderfully he showed his love for me when I was surrounded and attacked!

Exodus 14:3

The king will think that the Israelites are wandering around in the country and are closed in by the desert.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, ‘I will pursue them and catch them; I will divide their wealth and take all I want; I will draw my sword and take all they have.’

1 Samuel 23:14

David stayed in hiding in the hill country, in the wilderness near Ziph. Saul was always trying to find him, but God did not turn David over to him.

1 Samuel 23:6

When Abiathar son of Ahimelech escaped and joined David in Keilah, he took the ephod with him.

1 Samuel 23:8

So Saul called his troops to war, to march against Keilah and besiege David and his men.