1 Samuel 23

David succours Keilah, besieged by the Philistines; defeats them, and delivers the city, 1 Samuel 23:1-6 . Saul, hearing that David was at Keilah, determines to come and seize him, 1 Samuel 23:7 , 1 Samuel 23:8 . David inquires of the Lord concerning the fidelity of the men of Keilah towards him; is informed that if he stays in the city, the men of Keilah will betray him to Saul, 1 Samuel 23:9-12 . David and his men escape from the city, and come to the wilderness of Ziph, 1 Samuel 23:13-15 . Jonathan meets David in the wood of Ziph, strengthens his hand in God, and they renew their covenant, 1 Samuel 23:16-18 . The Ziphites endeavor to betray David to Saul, but he and his men escape to Maon, 1 Samuel 23:19-22 . Saul comes to Maon; and having surrounded the mountain on which David and his men were, they must inevitably have fallen into his hands, had not a messenger come to call Saul to the succor of Judah, then invaded by the Philistines, 1 Samuel 23:25-27 . Saul leaves the pursuit of David, and goes to succor the land; and David escapes to En-gedi, 1 Samuel 23:28 , 1 Samuel 23:29 .