1 Samuel 23
Louis Segond
23 On vint dire à David: Voici, les Philistins ont attaqué Keïla, et ils pillent les aires.
2 David consulta l'Éternel, en disant: Irai-je, et battrai-je ces Philistins? Et l'Éternel lui répondit: Va, tu battras les Philistins, et tu délivreras Keïla.
3 Mais les gens de David lui dirent: Voici, nous ne sommes pas sans crainte ici même en Juda; que sera-ce si nous allons à Keïla contre les troupes des Philistins?
4 David consulta encore l'Éternel. Et l'Éternel lui répondit: Lève-toi, descends à Keïla, car je livre les Philistins entre tes mains.
5 David alla donc avec ses gens à Keïla, et il se battit contre les Philistins; il emmena leur bétail, et leur fit éprouver une grande défaite. Ainsi David délivra les habitants de Keïla.
6 Lorsque Abiathar, fils d'Achimélec, s'enfuit vers David à Keïla, il descendit ayant en main l'éphod.
7 Saül fut informé de l'arrivée de David à Keïla, et il dit: Dieu le livre entre mes mains, car il est venu s'enfermer dans une ville qui a des portes et des barres.
8 Et Saül convoqua tout le peuple à la guerre, afin de descendre à Keïla et d'assiéger David et ses gens.
9 David, ayant eu connaissance du mauvais dessein que Saül projetait contre lui, dit au sacrificateur Abiathar: Apporte l'éphod!
10 Et David dit: Éternel, Dieu d'Israël, ton serviteur apprend que Saül veut venir à Keïla pour détruire la ville à cause de moi.
11 Les habitants de Keïla me livreront-ils entre ses mains? Saül descendra-t-il, comme ton serviteur l'a appris? Éternel, Dieu d'Israël, daigne le révéler à ton serviteur! Et l'Éternel répondit: Il descendra.
12 David dit encore: Les habitants de Keïla me livreront-ils, moi et mes gens, entre les mains de Saül? Et l'Éternel répondit: Ils te livreront.
13 Alors David se leva avec ses gens au nombre d'environ six cents hommes; ils sortirent de Keïla, et s'en allèrent où ils purent. Saül, informé que David s'était sauvé de Keïla, suspendit sa marche.
14 David demeura au désert, dans des lieux forts, et il resta sur la montagne du désert de Ziph. Saül le cherchait toujours, mais Dieu ne le livra pas entre ses mains.
15 David, voyant Saül en marche pour attenter à sa vie, se tint au désert de Ziph, dans la forêt.
16 Ce fut alors que Jonathan, fils de Saül, se leva et alla vers David dans la forêt. Il fortifia sa confiance en Dieu,
17 et lui dit: Ne crains rien, car la main de Saül, mon père, ne t'atteindra pas. Tu régneras sur Israël, et moi je serai au second rang près de toi; Saül, mon père, le sait bien aussi.
18 Ils firent tous deux alliance devant l'Éternel; et David resta dans la forêt, et Jonathan s'en alla chez lui.
19 Les Ziphiens montèrent auprès de Saül à Guibea, et dirent: David n'est-il pas caché parmi nous dans des lieux forts, dans la forêt, sur la colline de Hakila, qui est au midi du désert?
20 Descends donc, ô roi, puisque c'est là tout le désir de ton âme; et à nous de le livrer entre les mains du roi.
21 Saül dit: Que l'Éternel vous bénisse de ce que vous avez pitié de moi!
22 Allez, je vous prie, prenez encore des informations pour savoir et découvrir dans quel lieu il a dirigé ses pas et qui l'y a vu, car il est, m'a-t-on dit, fort rusé.
23 Examinez et reconnaissez tous les lieux où il se cache, puis revenez vers moi avec quelque chose de certain, et je partirai avec vous. S'il est dans le pays, je le chercherai parmi tous les milliers de Juda.
24 Ils se levèrent donc et allèrent à Ziph avant Saül. David et ses gens étaient au désert de Maon, dans la plaine au midi du désert.
25 Saül partit avec ses gens à la recherche de David. Et l'on en informa David, qui descendit le rocher et resta dans le désert de Maon. Saül, l'ayant appris, poursuivit David au désert de Maon.
26 Saül marchait d'un côté de la montagne, et David avec ses gens de l'autre côté de la montagne. David fuyait précipitamment pour échapper à Saül. Mais déjà Saül et ses gens entouraient David et les siens pour s'emparer d'eux,
27 lorsqu'un messager vint dire à Saül: Hâte-toi de venir, car les Philistins ont fait invasion dans le pays.
28 Saül cessa de poursuivre David, et il s'en retourna pour aller à la rencontre des Philistins. C'est pourquoi l'on appela ce lieu Séla Hammachlekoth.
29 (24:1) De là David monta vers les lieux forts d'En Guédi, où il demeura.
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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