1 Samuel 23:3

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 11:1

In the Lord I put my trust; How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”?

Jeremiah 12:5

“If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, Then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, In which you trusted, they wearied you, Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?

1 Samuel 23:15

So David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. And David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in a forest.

1 Samuel 23:2

Therefore David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines, and save Keilah.”

1 Samuel 23:23

See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides; and come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. And it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search for him throughout all the clans of Judah.”

1 Samuel 23:26

Then Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. So David made haste to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men were encircling David and his men to take them.

1 Samuel 23:4

Then David inquired of the Lord once again. And the Lord answered him and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”