1 Samuel 23:12

And the Lord said, It will be shut up.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11Will the place + 23:11 i.e. besieged. be shut up? And now will Saul come down, as your + 23:11 Verse 12 is here supplied by Alex. servant has heard? Lord God of Israel, tell your servant.

13And David arose, and the men with him, in number about four hundred, and they went forth from Keila, and went wherever they could go: and it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keila, and he forbore to come.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:20And now according to all the king's desire to come down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the hands of the king.

Psalms 62:1O God, my God, I cry to you early; my soul has thirsted for you: how often has my flesh longed after you, in a barren and trackless and dry land! 1

Psalms 143:8whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity. 1

Isaiah 29:15Woe to them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to them that take secret counsel, and whose works + 29:15 Gr. shall be are in darkness, and they say, Who has seen us? and who shall know us, or what we do?

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 23:8-14

David Escapes from Keilah. ( b. c. 1057.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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