1 Samuel 23:7–14

⁷Then it was told to Saul that David had come to Keilah, so Saul said, “God has ¹delivered him into my hand, for he shut himself in by entering a city with double gates and bars.”

⁸Then Saul summoned all the people for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.

⁹But David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to ^aAbiathar the priest, “^bBring the ephod here.”

¹⁰Then David said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your slave has heard for certain that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to make the city a ruin on my account.

¹¹“Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down just as Your slave has heard? O Yahweh, the God of Israel, I pray, tell Your slave.” And Yahweh said, “He will come down.”

¹²Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And Yahweh said, “^aThey will surrender you.”

¹³Then David and his men, ^aabout six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went ^bwherever they could go. Now it was told to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, so he ceased going out in pursuit.

¹⁴And David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of ^aZiph. And Saul sought him every day, but ^bGod did not give him into his hand.