When the Pelishtim heard that they had anointed David king over Yisra'el, all the Pelishtim went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.
1 Chronicles 11:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Pelishtim was then in Beit-Lechem. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Beth-lehem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition David was then in the stronghold, and the Philistines' garrison was in Bethlehem. American Standard Version (1901) And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. Common English Bible At that time David was in the fortress, and a Philistine fort was in Bethlehem. Catholic Public Domain Version Now David was in a stronghold, and a garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And David was in a hold, and the garrison of the Philistines in Bethlehem. |
When the Pelishtim heard that they had anointed David king over Yisra'el, all the Pelishtim went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.
David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beit-Lechem, which is by the gate!
After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Pelishtim: and it shall happen, when you are come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:
All Yisra'el heard say that Sha'ul had struck the garrison of the Pelishtim, and also that Yisra'el was had in abomination with the Pelishtim. The people were gathered together after Sha'ul to Gilgal.
David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of `Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
He brought them before the king of Mo'av: and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
The prophet Gad said to David, Don't stay in the stronghold; depart, and get you into the land of Yehudah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Cheret.
Sha'ul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Ma`on. When Sha'ul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Ma`on.