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1 Samuel 23:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" 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. "

1 Samuel 23:20

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And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

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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?

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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.

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And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.

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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.

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1 Samuel 23:1

"Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors."

1 Samuel 23:2

"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."

1 Samuel 23:3

"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?"

1 Samuel 23:4

"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."

1 Samuel 23:5

"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."

1 Samuel 23:6

"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."
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