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1 Samuel 23:7

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And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

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1 Samuel 23:7 in other translations

Saul was told that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in by entering into a town that has gates and bars.”

1 Samuel 23:7 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 23:7 in context

  1. 5And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
  2. 6And 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.
  3. 7And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
  4. 8And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
  5. 9And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.