1 Samuel 23:3

Legacy Standard Bible

But David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the battle lines of the Philistines?”

Cross References

Psalm 11:1

In Yahweh I take refuge; How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain;

Jeremiah 12:5

¶“If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out, Then how can you compete with horses? If you fall down in a land of peace, How will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?

1 Samuel 23:15

Then David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. Now David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

1 Samuel 23:2

So David asked of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” And Yahweh said to David, “Go and strike the Philistines and save Keilah.”

1 Samuel 23:23

So see and know about all the hiding places where he hides himself and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”

1 Samuel 23:26

And Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to seize them.

1 Samuel 23:4

Then David asked of Yahweh once more. And Yahweh answered him and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.”