1 Samuel 23:7

Revised Standard Version

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 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 in a besieged city.

Exodus 14:3

For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’

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

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

1 Samuel 23:6

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

1 Samuel 23:8

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