1 Samuel 23:7

New English Translation

When Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has boxed himself into a corner by entering a city with two barred gates.”

Cross References

Job 20:5

that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

Psalm 31:21

The Lord deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.

Exodus 14:3

Pharaoh will think regarding the Israelites, ‘They are wandering around confused in the land – the desert has closed in on them.’

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, ‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’

1 Samuel 23:14

David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the desert of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, but God did not deliver David into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:6

Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, he had brought with him an ephod.

1 Samuel 23:8

So Saul mustered all his army to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men.