1 Samuel 23:8

New Living Translation

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

Cross References

1 Kings 2:26

Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your home in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not kill you now, because you carried the Ark of the Sovereign Lord for David my father and you shared all his hardships.”

1 Samuel 23:10

Then David prayed, “O Lord, God of Israel, I have heard that Saul is planning to come and destroy Keilah because I am here.

1 Samuel 23:7

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!”

1 Samuel 23:9

But David learned of Saul’s plan and told Abiathar the priest to bring the ephod and ask the Lord what he should do.