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11 Will the people of Keilah hand me over to him?[a] Will Saul come down just as your servant has heard? Lord God of Israel, please inform your servant.”

The Lord said, “He will come down.”

12 Then David said, “Will the people of Keilah hand me over to Saul?”[b]

The Lord said, “They’ll hand you over.” 13 David and his men, about 600 strong, got up and left Keilah. They moved around wherever they could go. Saul was advised that David had escaped from Keilah, so he stopped the campaign.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:11 Lit. into his hand
  2. 1 Samuel 23:12 Lit. into Saul’s hand
  3. 1 Samuel 23:13 Lit. stopped going out