1 Samuel 23:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Saul then called all the army to war, in order to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:26

The king said to Abiathar the priest: “Go to your estate in Anathoth. Though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before David my father and shared in all the hardships my father endured.”

1 Samuel 23:10

“Lord God of Israel,” David prayed, “your servant has heard that Saul plans to come to Keilah, to destroy the city on my account.

1 Samuel 23:7

When Saul was told that David had entered Keilah, he thought: “God has put him in my hand, for he has boxed himself in by entering a city with gates and bars.”

1 Samuel 23:9

When David found out that Saul was planning to harm him, he said to the priest Abiathar, “Bring the ephod here.”