1 Samuel 23:7

New Living Translation

Saul soon learned that David was at Keilah. “Good!” he exclaimed. “We’ve got him now! God has handed him over to me, for he has trapped himself in a walled town!”

Cross References

Job 20:5

the triumph of the wicked has been short lived and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?

Psalm 31:21

Praise the Lord, for he has shown me the wonders of his unfailing love. He kept me safe when my city was under attack.

Exodus 14:3

Then Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are confused. They are trapped in the wilderness!’

Exodus 15:9

“The enemy boasted, ‘I will chase them and catch up with them. I will plunder them and consume them. I will flash my sword; my powerful hand will destroy them.’

1 Samuel 23:14

David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted him day after day, but God didn’t let Saul find him.

1 Samuel 23:6

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

1 Samuel 23:8

So Saul mobilized his entire army to march to Keilah and besiege David and his men.