1 Samuel 23:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, “God has given him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”

Cross References

Job 20:5

that the exulting of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?

Psalm 31:21

Blessed be the Lord, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was beset as a city under siege.

Exodus 14:3

Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has closed in on them.’

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, ‘I will pursue; I will overtake; I will divide the spoil; my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’

1 Samuel 23:14

David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but the Lord did not give him into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:6

When Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.

1 Samuel 23:8

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