David and his men went to Keilah and fought against the Philistines; he drove off their cattle and inflicted a severe defeat on them. Thus David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
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וילך
66
דוד
14
ואנשו
363
קעילה
215
וילחם
94
בפלשתים
862
וינהג
74
אתמקניהם
646
ויך
36
בהם
47
מכה
65
גדולה
48
וישע
386
דוד
14
את
401
ישבי
322
קעילהס
275
I Samuel 23:6
Gematria: 1604
ויהיבברחאביתרבןאחימלךאלדודקעילהאפודירדבידו
When Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he brought down an ephod with him.ahe brought down an ephod with him Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, and Saul thought, “God has deliveredbdelivered Meaning of Heb. uncertain. him into my hands, for he has shut himself in by entering a town with gates and bars.”
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ויגד
23
לשאול
367
כיבא
33
דוד
14
קעילה
215
ויאמר
257
שאול
337
נכר
270
אתו
407
אלהים
86
בידי
26
כי
30
נסגר
313
לבוא
39
בעיר
282
דלתים
484
ובריח
226
I Samuel 23:8
Gematria: 3106
וישמעשאולאתכלהעםלמלחמהלרדתקעילהלצוראלדודואלאנשיו
Saul summoned all the troops for war, to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men.
Will the citizens of Keilah deliver me into his hands? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O ETERNAL God of Israel, tell Your servant!” And GOD said, “He will.”
So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah at once and moved about wherever they could. And when Saul was told that David had got away from Keilah, he did not set out.
David was staying in the strongholds of the wilderness [of Judah];din the strongholds of the wilderness [of Judah] Meaning of Heb. uncertain. he stayed in the hill country, in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him constantly, but God did not deliver him into his hands.
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וישב
318
דוד
14
במדבר
248
במצדות
542
וישב
318
בהר
207
במדברזיף
345
ויבקשהו
429
שאול
337
כלהימים
155
ולאנתנו
543
אלהים
86
בידו
22
I Samuel 23:15
Gematria: 2908
ויראדודכייצאשאוללבקשאתנפשוודודבמדברזיףבחרשהס
David was once at Horesh in the wilderness of Ziph, when David learned that Saul had come out to seek his life.
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וירא
217
דוד
14
כייצא
131
שאול
337
לבקש
432
אתנפשו
837
ודוד
20
במדברזיף
345
בחרשהס
575
I Samuel 23:16
Gematria: 2330
ויקםיהונתןבןשאולוילךאלדודחרשהויחזקאתידובאלהים
And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David at Horesh and encouraged him in [the name of] God.
He said to him, “Do not be afraid: the hand of my father Saul will never touch you. You are going to be king over Israel and I shall be second to you; and even my father Saul knows this is so.”
eThe meaning of many parts of 23.19ff. is uncertain. The events described in 23.19–24.22 are partly paralleled in chapter 26, with variations. Some Ziphites went up to Saul in Gibeah and said, “David is hiding among us in the strongholds of Horesh, at the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon.
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ויעלו
122
זפים
137
אלשאול
368
הגבעתה
485
לאמר
271
הלוא
42
דוד
14
מסתתר
1100
עמנו
166
במצדות
542
בחרשה
515
בגבעת
477
החכילה
78
אשר
501
מימין
150
הישימון
421
I Samuel 23:20
Gematria: 2838
ועתהלכלאותנפשךהמלךלרדתרדולנוהסגירובידהמלך
So if Your Majesty has the desire to come down, come down, and it will be our task to deliver him into Your Majesty’s hands.”
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ועתה
481
לכלאות
487
נפשך
450
המלך
95
לרדת
634
רד
204
ולנו
92
הסגירו
284
ביד
16
המלך
95
I Samuel 23:21
Gematria: 2027
ויאמרשאולברוכיםאתםליהוהכיחמלתםעלי
And Saul replied, “May you be blessed of GOD for the compassion you have shown me!
Look around and learn in which of all his hiding places he has been hiding, and return to me when you are certain. I will then go with you, and if he is in the region, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
When Saul and his men came to search, David was told about it; and he went down to the rocky regionfthe rocky region Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. On hearing this, Saul pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.
Saul was making his way along one side of a hill, and David and his men were on the other side of the hill. David was trying hard to elude Saul, and Saul and his men were trying to encircle David and his men and capture them,gDavid was trying hard … and Saul and his men were trying to … capture them Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
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וילך
66
שאול
337
מצד
134
ההר
210
מזה
52
ודוד
20
ואנשיו
373
מצד
134
ההר
210
מזה
52
ויהי
31
דוד
14
נחפז
145
ללכת
480
מפני
180
שאול
337
ושאול
343
ואנשיו
373
עטרים
329
אלדוד
45
ואלאנשיו
404
לתפשם
850
I Samuel 23:27
Gematria: 2731
ומלאךבאאלשאוללאמרמהרהולכהכיפשטופלשתיםעלהארץ
when a messenger came and told Saul, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have invaded the land.”
Saul gave up his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place came to be called the Rock of Separation.hRock of Separation Meaning of Heb. uncertain.