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And the Lord said to David: Go, and thou shalt smite the Philistines, and shalt save Ceila.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:2 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 3, "text": "And the men that were with David, said to him: Behold we are in fear here in Judea, how much more if we go to Ceila against the bands of the Philistines?", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:3 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 4, "text": "Therefore David consulted the Lord again. And he answered and said to him: Arise, and go to Ceila: for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:4 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 5, "text": "David, therefore, and his men, went to Ceila, and fought against the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and made a great slaughter of them: and David saved the inhabitants of Ceila.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:5 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 6, "text": "Now at that time, when Abiathar, the son of Achimelech, fled to David, to Ceila, he came down, having an ephod with him.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:6 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 7, "text": "And it was told Saul that David was come to Ceila: and Saul said: The Lord hath delivered him into my hands, and he is shut up, being come into a city that hath gates and bars.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:7 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 8, "text": "And Saul commanded all the people to go down to fight against Ceila, and to besiege David and his men.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:8 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 9, "text": "Now when David understood that Saul secretly prepared evil against him, he said to Abiathar, the priest: Bring hither the ephod.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:9 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 10, "text": "And David said: O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath heard a report, that Saul designeth to come to Ceila, to destroy the city for my sake:", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:10 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 11, "text": "Will the men of Ceila deliver me into his hands? and will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord said: He will come down.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:11 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 12, "text": "And David said: Will the men of Ceila deliver me and my men into the hands of Saul? And the Lord said: They will deliver thee up.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:12 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 13, "text": "Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose, and departing from Ceila, wandered up and down, uncertain where they should stay: and it was told Saul that David was fled from Ceila, and had escaped: wherefore he forbore to go out.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:13 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 14, "text": "But David abode in the desert in strong holds, and he remained in a mountain of the desert of Ziph, in a woody hill. And Saul sought him always: but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:14 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 15, "text": "And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life. And David was in the desert of Ziph, in a wood.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:15 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 16, "text": "And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose, and went to David, into the wood, and strengthened his hands in God: and he said to him:", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:16 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 17, "text": "Fear not: for the hand of my father, Saul, shall not find thee, and thou shalt reign over Israel, and I shall be next to thee; yea and my father knoweth this.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:17 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 18, "text": "And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood: but Jonathan returned to his house.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:18 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 19, "text": "And the Ziphites went up to Saul, in Gabaa, saying: Lo, doth not David lie hid with us in the strong holds of the wood, in mount Hachila, which is on the right hand of the desert.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:19 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 20, "text": "Now therefore come down, as thy soul hath desired to come down: and it shall be our business to deliver him into the king's hands.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:20 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 21, "text": "And Saul said: Blessed be ye of the Lord, for you have pitied my case.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:21 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 22, "text": "Go, therefore, I pray you, and use all diligence, and curiously inquire, and consider the place where his foot is, and who hath seen him there: for he thinketh of me, that I lie craftily in wait for him.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:22 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 23, "text": "Consider, and see all his lurking holes, wherein he is hid, and return to me with the certainty of the thing, that I may go with you. And if he should even go down into the earth to hide himself, I will search him out in all the thousands of Juda.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:23 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 24, "text": "And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: and David and his men were in the desert of Maon, in the plain at the right hand of Jesimon.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:24 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 25, "text": "Then Saul and his men went to seek him: and it was told David, and forthwith he went down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon: and when Saul had heard of it, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:25 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 26, "text": "And Saul went on this side of the mountain: and David and his men were on the other side of the mountain: and David despaired of being able to escape from the face of Saul: and Saul and his men encompassed David and his men round about, to take them.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:26 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 27, "text": "And a messenger came to Saul, saying: Make haste to come, for the Philistines have poured in themselves upon the land.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:27 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 28, "text": "Wherefore Saul returned, leaving the pursuit of David, and went to meet the Philistines. For this cause they called that place the rock of division.", "citation": "1 Kings Samuel 23:28 (Douay-Rheims)" } ] }