1 Samuel 23:7

New American Standard Bible 2020

When it was reported to Saul that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, “God has handed him over to me, for he shut himself in by entering a city with double gates and bars.”

Cross References

Job 20:5

That the rejoicing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?

Psalm 31:21

Blessed be the Lord, For He has shown His marvelous faithfulness to me in a besieged city.

Exodus 14:3

For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’

Exodus 15:9

“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; I shall be satisfied against them; I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’

1 Samuel 23:14

David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand him over to him.

1 Samuel 23:6

Now it came about, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

1 Samuel 23:8

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