1	Then they told# David, saying# , Behold, the Philistines fight# against Keilah, and they rob# the threshingfloors.
			2	Therefore David enquired# of the LORD, saying# , Shall I go# and smite# these Philistines? And the LORD said# unto David, Go# , and smite# the Philistines, and save# Keilah.
			3	And David's men said# unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come# to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
			4	Then David enquired# of the LORD yet again# . And the LORD answered# him and said# , Arise# , go down# to Keilah; for I will deliver# the Philistines into thine hand.
			5	So David and his men went# to Keilah, and fought# with the Philistines, and brought away# their cattle, and smote# them with a great slaughter. So David saved# the inhabitants# of Keilah.
			6	And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled# to David to Keilah, that he came down# with an ephod in his hand.
			7	And it was told# Saul that David was come# to Keilah. And Saul said# , God hath delivered# him into mine hand; for he is shut in# , by entering# into a town that hath gates and bars.
			8	And Saul called# all the people together# to war, to go down# to Keilah, to besiege# David and his men.
			9	And David knew# that Saul secretly practised# mischief against him; and he said# to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither# the ephod.
			10	Then said# David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly# heard# that Saul seeketh# to come# to Keilah, to destroy# the city for my sake.
			11	Will the men of Keilah deliver me up# into his hand? will Saul come down# , as thy servant hath heard# ? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell# thy servant. And the LORD said# , He will come down# .
			12	Then said# David, Will the men of Keilah deliver# me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said# , They will deliver thee up# . [deliver: Heb. shut up]
			13	Then David and his men, which were about six hundred# , arose# and departed# out of Keilah, and went# whithersoever they could go# . And it was told# Saul that David was escaped# from Keilah; and he forbare# to go forth# .
			14	And David abode# in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained# in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought# him every day, but God delivered# him not into his hand.
			15	And David saw# that Saul was come out# to seek# his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
			16	And Jonathan Saul's son arose# , and went# to David into the wood, and strengthened# his hand in God.
			17	And he said# unto him, Fear# not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find# thee; and thou shalt be king# over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth# .
			18	And they two made# a covenant before the LORD: and David abode# in the wood, and Jonathan went# to his house.
			19	Then came up# the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying# , Doth not David hide# himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? [on...: Heb. on the right hand] [Jeshimon: or, the wilderness]
			20	Now therefore, O king, come down# according to all the desire of thy soul to come down# ; and our part shall be to deliver# him into the king's hand.
			21	And Saul said# , Blessed# be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion# on me.
			22	Go# , I pray you, prepare# yet, and know# and see# his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen# him there: for it is told# me that he dealeth very# subtilly# . [haunt...: Heb. foot shall be]
			23	See# therefore, and take knowledge# of all the lurking places where he hideth# himself, and come ye again# to me with the certainty# , and I will go# with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search# him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
			24	And they arose# , and went# to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
			25	Saul also and his men went# to seek# him . And they told# David: wherefore he came down# into a rock, and abode# in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard# that , he pursued# after David in the wilderness of Maon. [into...: or, from the rock]
			26	And Saul went# on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste# to get away# for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed# David and his men round about# to take# them.
			27	But there came# a messenger unto Saul, saying# , Haste# thee, and come# ; for the Philistines have invaded# the land. [invaded...: Heb. spread themselves upon, etc]
			28	Wherefore Saul returned# from pursuing# after David, and went# against# the Philistines: therefore they called# that place Selahammahlekoth. [Selahammahlekoth: that is, The rock of divisions]
			29	And David went up# from thence, and dwelt# in strong holds at Engedi.