1 Samuel 23:10

Legacy Standard Bible

Then David said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your slave has heard for certain that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to make the city a ruin on my account.

Cross References

Genesis 18:24

Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?

Esther 3:6

But he despised in his eyes to send forth his hand against Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

1 Samuel 22:19

So he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, infants and nursing babies; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep he struck with the edge of the sword.

1 Samuel 23:11

Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down just as Your slave has heard? O Yahweh, the God of Israel, I pray, tell Your slave.” And Yahweh said, “He will come down.”

1 Samuel 23:8

Then Saul summoned all the people for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.

1 Samuel 23:9

But David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”