1 Samuel 23

1 and to tell to/for David to/for to say behold Philistine to fight in/on/with Keilah and they(masc.) to plunder [obj] [the] threshing floor

Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Ke'ilah, and they are plundering the threshing-floors.

2 and to ask David in/on/with LORD to/for to say to go: went and to smite in/on/with Philistine [the] these and to say LORD to(wards) David to go: went and to smite in/on/with Philistine and to save [obj] Keilah

Thereupon David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite among these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go and smite among the Philistines, and deliver Ke'ilah.

3 and to say human David to(wards) him behold we here in/on/with Judah afraid and also for to go: went Keilah to(wards) rank Philistine

And David's men said unto him, Behold, here in Judah are we afraid: how much more then if we should go to Ke'ilah against the battle-arrays of the Philistines?

4 and to add: again still David to/for to ask in/on/with LORD and to answer him LORD and to say to arise: rise to go down Keilah for I to give: give [obj] Philistine in/on/with hand: power your

Then David asked yet again counsel of the Lord. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, Go down to Ke'ilah; for I [will] deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

5 and to go: went David (and human his *Q(K)*) Keilah and to fight in/on/with Philistine and to lead [obj] livestock their and to smite in/on/with them wound great: large and to save David [obj] to dwell Keilah

So David and his men went to Ke'ilah; and he fought with the Philistines, and lead away their cattle, and smote among them a great slaughter. So David delivered the inhabitants of Ke'ilah.

6 and to be in/on/with to flee Abiathar son: child Ahimelech to(wards) David Keilah ephod to go down in/on/with hand: power his

And it came to pass, when Ebyathar the son of Achimelech, fled over to David, to Ke'ilah, that the ephod came down with him.

7 and to tell to/for Saul for to come (in): come David Keilah and to say Saul to alienate [obj] him God in/on/with hand: power my for to shut to/for to come (in): come in/on/with city door and bar

And it was told to Saul that David was come to Ke'ilah. 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.

8 and to hear: proclaim Saul [obj] all [the] people to/for battle to/for to go down Keilah to/for to confine to(wards) David and to(wards) human his

And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Ke'ilah, to besiege David and his men.

9 and to know David for upon him Saul to plow/plot [the] distress: harm and to say to(wards) Abiathar [the] priest to approach: bring [emph?] [the] ephod

And David understood that Saul secretly devised mischief against him; and he said to Ebyathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

10 and to say David LORD God Israel to hear: hear to hear: hear servant/slave your for to seek Saul to/for to come (in): come to(wards) Keilah to/for to ruin to/for city in/on/with for the sake of me

Then said David, O Lord, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Ke'ilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

11 to shut me master: men Keilah in/on/with hand: power his to go down Saul like/as as which to hear: hear servant/slave your LORD God Israel to tell please to/for servant/slave your and to say LORD to go down

Will the men of Ke'ilah surrender me 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 and to say David to shut master: men Keilah [obj] me and [obj] human my in/on/with hand: power Saul and to say LORD to shut

Then said David, Will the men of Ke'ilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul! And the Lord said, They will surrender.

13 and to arise: rise David and human his like/as six hundred man and to come out: come from Keilah and to go: went in/on/with in which to go: went and to/for Saul to tell for to escape David from Keilah and to cease to/for to come out: come

Then arose David and his men, about six hundred men, and departed out of Ke'ilah, and wandered about whithersoever they could go. And when it was told to Saul that David was escaped from Ke'ilah, he forbore to go forth.

14 and to dwell David in/on/with wilderness in/on/with stronghold and to dwell in/on/with mountain: hill country in/on/with wilderness Ziph and to seek him Saul all [the] day and not to give: give him God in/on/with hand: power his

And David remained in the wilderness in strong-holds, and abode on the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all the time, but God delivered him not into his hand.

15 and to see: see David for to come out: come Saul to/for to seek [obj] soul: life his and David in/on/with wilderness Ziph in/on/with Horesh

And David saw that Saul was gone forth to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the forest.

16 and to arise: rise Jonathan son: child Saul and to go: went to(wards) David Horesh and to strengthen: strengthen [obj] hand: power his in/on/with God

And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.

17 and to say to(wards) him not to fear for not to find you hand: themselves Saul father my and you(m. s.) to reign upon Israel and I to be to/for you to/for second and also Saul father my to know so

And he said unto him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father will not find thee; and thou wilt be king over Israel, and I will be next unto thee; and also Saul my father knoweth this.

18 and to cut: make(covenant) two their covenant to/for face: before LORD and to dwell David in/on/with Horesh and Jonathan to go: went to/for house: home his

And they made, both of them, a covenant before the Lord: and David remained in the forest; but Jonathan went to his house.

19 and to ascend: rise Ziphite to(wards) Saul [the] Gibeah [to] to/for to say not David to hide with us in/on/with stronghold in/on/with Horesh in/on/with hill [the] Hachilah which from right: south [the] Jeshimon

Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul to Gib'ah, saying, Behold, David is hiding himself with us in the strong-holds in the forest, on the hill of Chachilah, which is on the right of the desert.

20 and now to/for all desire soul your [the] king to/for to go down to go down and to/for us to shut him in/on/with hand: power [the] king

And now in accordance with all the longing of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand.

21 and to say Saul to bless you(m. p.) to/for LORD for to spare upon me

And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have pity on me.

22 to go: went please to establish: right still and to know and to see: see [obj] place his which to be foot his who? to see: see him there for to say to(wards) me be shrewd be shrewd he/she/it

Go, I pray you, make yet more preparations, and remark and see his place where his foot may be, who hath seen him there; for I am told that he dealeth with great subtilty.

23 and to see: behold! and to know from all [the] refuge which to hide there and to return: return to(wards) me to(wards) to establish: establish and to go: went with you and to be if there he in/on/with land: country/planet and to search [obj] him in/on/with all thousand: clan Judah

See therefore, and remark every one of all the lurking-places where he usually 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 to arise: rise and to go: went Ziph [to] to/for face: before Saul and David and human his in/on/with wilderness Maon in/on/with Arabah to(wards) right: south [the] Jeshimon

And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Ma'on, in the plain on the right of the desert.

25 and to go: went Saul and human his to/for to seek and to tell to/for David and to go down [the] crag and to dwell in/on/with wilderness Maon and to hear: hear Saul and to pursue after David wilderness Maon

And Saul and his men went to make a search. And they told it to David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Ma'on. And when Saul heard this, he pursued after David into the wilderness of Ma'on.

26 and to go: went Saul from side [the] mountain: mount from this and David and human his from side [the] mountain: mount from this and to be David to hurry to/for to go: went from face: before Saul and Saul and human his to surround to(wards) David and to(wards) human his to/for to capture them

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 from before Saul; and Saul and his men were compassing David and his men to seize them.

27 and messenger to come (in): come to(wards) Saul to/for to say to hasten [emph?] and to go: come [emph?] for to strip Philistine upon [the] land: country/planet

But a messenger came unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

28 and to return: return Saul from to pursue after David and to go: went to/for to encounter: toward Philistine upon so to call: call by to/for place [the] he/she/it Rock of Escape Rock of Escape

Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammachlekoth.

29 and to ascend: rise David from there and to dwell in/on/with stronghold Engedi Engedi

And David went up from there, and dwelt in strong-holds of 'En-gedi.