1 Samuel 23
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David libera la ciudad de Queilá
23 Los filisteos atacaron la ciudad de Queilá y saquearon los graneros. Cuando David se enteró de lo sucedido, 2 consultó al Señor:
―¿Debo ir a luchar contra los filisteos?
―Ve —respondió el Señor—, lucha contra los filisteos y libera a Queilá.
3 Pero los soldados le dijeron a David:
―Si aun aquí en Judá vivimos con miedo, ¡cuánto más si vamos a Queilá para atacar al ejército filisteo!
4 David volvió a consultar al Señor, y él le respondió:
―Ponte en camino y ve a Queilá, que voy a entregar en tus manos a los filisteos.
5 Así que David y sus hombres fueron allí y lucharon contra los filisteos, derrotándolos por completo. David se apoderó de los ganados de los filisteos y rescató a los habitantes de la ciudad. 6 Ahora bien, cuando Abiatar hijo de Ajimélec huyó a Queilá para refugiarse con David, se llevó consigo el efod.
Saúl persigue a David
7 Cuando le contaron a Saúl que David había ido a Queilá, exclamó: «¡Dios me lo ha entregado! David se ha metido en una ciudad con puertas y cerrojos, y no tiene escapatoria». 8 Entonces convocó a todo su ejército para ir a combatir a David y a sus hombres, y sitiar la ciudad de Queilá.
9 David se enteró de que Saúl tramaba su destrucción. Por tanto, le ordenó a Abiatar que le llevara el efod. 10 Luego David oró:
―Oh Señor, Dios de Israel, yo, tu siervo, sé muy bien que por mi culpa Saúl se propone venir a Queilá para destruirla. 11 ¿Me entregarán los habitantes de esta ciudad en manos de Saúl? ¿Es verdad que Saúl vendrá, según me han dicho? Yo te ruego, Señor, Dios de Israel, que me lo hagas saber.
―Sí, vendrá —le respondió el Señor.
12 David volvió a preguntarle:
―¿Nos entregarán los habitantes de Queilá a mí y a mis hombres en manos de Saúl?
Y el Señor le contestó:
―Sí, os entregarán.
13 Entonces David y sus hombres, que eran como seiscientos, se fueron de Queilá y anduvieron de un lugar a otro. Cuando le contaron a Saúl que David se había ido de Queilá, decidió suspender la campaña.
14 David se estableció en los refugios del desierto, en los áridos cerros de Zif. Día tras día, Saúl lo buscaba, pero Dios no lo entregó en sus manos.
15 Estando David en Hores, en el desierto de Zif, se enteró de que Saúl había salido en su busca con la intención de matarlo. 16 Jonatán hijo de Saúl fue a ver a David en Hores, y lo animó a seguir confiando en Dios. 17 «No tengas miedo —le dijo—, que mi padre no podrá atraparte. Tú vas a ser el rey de Israel, y yo seré tu segundo. Esto, hasta mi padre lo sabe». 18 Entonces los dos hicieron un pacto en presencia del Señor, después de lo cual Jonatán regresó a su casa y David se quedó en Hores.
19 Los habitantes de Zif fueron a Guibeá y le dijeron a Saúl:
―¿No sabe mi rey que David se ha escondido en nuestro territorio? Está en el monte de Jaquilá, en los refugios de Hores, al sur del desierto. 20 Cuando mi rey tenga a bien venir, entregaremos a David en sus manos.
21 ―¡Que el Señor os bendiga por tenerme tanta consideración! —respondió Saúl—. 22 Id y averiguad bien por dónde anda y quién lo ha visto, pues me han dicho que es muy astuto. 23 Informaos bien de todos los lugares donde se esconde, y traedme datos precisos. Entonces yo iré con vosotros y, si es verdad que está en esa región, lo buscaré entre todos los clanes de Judá.
24 Los de Zif se despidieron de Saúl y volvieron a su tierra. Mientras tanto, David y sus hombres se encontraban en el desierto de Maón, en el Arabá, al sur del desierto. 25 Cuando avisaron a David que Saúl y sus hombres venían en su búsqueda, bajó al peñasco del desierto de Maón. Al enterarse de esto, Saúl dirigió la persecución hacia ese lugar.
26 Saúl avanzaba por un costado del monte, mientras que David y sus hombres iban por el otro, apresurándose para escapar. Pero Saúl y sus hombres lo tenían rodeado. Ya estaban a punto de atraparlo, 27 cuando un mensajero llegó y le dijo a Saúl: «¡Apresúrate, que los filisteos están saqueando el país!» 28 Saúl dejó entonces de perseguir a David y volvió para enfrentarse con los filisteos. Por eso aquel sitio se llama Sela Hamajlecot.[a] 29 Luego David se fue de allí para establecerse en los refugios de Engadi.
Footnotes
- 23:28 En hebreo, Sela Hamajlecot significa peñasco de la despedida.
1 Samuel 23
King James Version
23 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
9 And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
10 Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.
12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up.
13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
18 And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
19 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?
20 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.
21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me.
22 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.
23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
1 Samuel 23
1599 Geneva Bible
23 5 David chaseth the Philistines from Keilah. 13 David departeth from Keilah, and remaineth in the wilderness of Ziph. 16 Jonathan comforteth David. 28 Saul’s enterprise is broken in pursuing David.
1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against [a]Keilah, and spoil the barns.
2 Therefore David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord answered David, Go and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
3 And David’s men said unto him, See, we be afraid here in [b]Judah, how much more if we come to Keilah against the host of the Philistines?
4 Then David asked counsel of the Lord again. And the Lord answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah: for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
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: thus David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
6 (And when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech (A)fled to David to Keilah, he brought an [c]Ephod [d]with him.)
7 ¶ And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah, and Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand: for he is shut in, seeing he is come into a city that hath gates and bars.
8 Then Saul called all the people together to war for to go down to Keilah, and to besiege David and his men.
9 ¶ And David having knowledge that Saul imagined mischief against him, said to Abiathar the Priest, [e]Bring the Ephod.
10 Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath heard, that Saul is about to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake.
11 Will the lords of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? and will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.
12 Then said David, Will the [f]lords of Keilah deliver me up, and the men that are with me, into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up.
13 ¶ Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went [g]whither they could. And it was told Saul, that David was fled from Keilah, and he left off his journey.
14 And David abode in the wilderness in the [h]holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God [i]delivered him not into his hand.
15 And David saw that Saul was come out for to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
16 ¶ And Jonathan Saul’s son arose and went to David into the wood, and comforted [j]him in God,
17 And said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee, and thou shalt be [k]king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee: and also Saul my father knoweth it.
18 So they twain made a covenant before the Lord: and David did remain in the wood: but Jonathan went to his house.
19 ¶ Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself by us in holds, in the wood in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right side [l]of Jeshimon?
20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all that thine heart can desire, and our part shall be to deliver him into the King’s hands.
21 Then Saul said, [m]Be ye blessed of the Lord: for ye have had compassion on me.
22 Go, I pray you, and prepare ye yet better: know and see his place where he [n]haunteth, and who hath seen him there: for it is said to me, He is subtle, and crafty.
23 See therefore and know all the secret places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and if he be in the [o]land, I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
24 Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saul, but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the right hand of Jeshimon.
25 Saul also and his men went to seek him, and they told David: wherefore he came down unto a rock, and abode in the wilderness of [p]Maon. And when Saul heard that, he followed after David in the wilderness of Maon.
26 And Saul and his men went on the one side of the mountain: and David and his men on the other side of the mountain: and David made haste to get from the presence of Saul: for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about, to take them.
27 But there came a [q]messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come: for the Philistines have invaded the land.
28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place, [r]Sela Hammahlekoth.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 23:1 Which was a city in the tribe of Judah, Josh. 15:44.
- 1 Samuel 23:3 That is, in the midst of Judah, much more when we come to the borders against our enemies.
- 1 Samuel 23:6 By God’s providence the Ephod was preserved and kept with David the true king.
- 1 Samuel 23:6 Hebrew, in his hand.
- 1 Samuel 23:9 To consult with the Lord by Urim and Thummim.
- 1 Samuel 23:12 Or, governors.
- 1 Samuel 23:13 Or, to and fro, as having no certain place to go.
- 1 Samuel 23:14 Or, strong places.
- 1 Samuel 23:14 No power nor policy can prevail against God’s children, but when he appointeth the time.
- 1 Samuel 23:16 Hebrew, his hand.
- 1 Samuel 23:17 Jonathan assureth David, that God will accomplish his promise, and that his father striveth against his own conscience.
- 1 Samuel 23:19 Or, of the wilderness.
- 1 Samuel 23:21 The Lord recompense this friendship.
- 1 Samuel 23:22 Hebrew, where his foot hath been.
- 1 Samuel 23:23 In your country of Ziph, which is in Judah.
- 1 Samuel 23:25 Which was also in the tribe of Judah, Josh. 15:55.
- 1 Samuel 23:27 Thus the Lord can pull back the bridle of the tyrants and deliver his out of the lion’s mouth.
- 1 Samuel 23:28 That is, stone of division, because there they divided themselves one from another.
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