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And it happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David, near Keilah, an ephod came in his hand.

And it was told to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has estranged him into my hand. For he is shut in, to enter into a city of gates and a bar.

And Saul heard and called all the people to battle, to go down to Keilah, to lay siege to David and to his men.

But David knew that Saul was devising evil against him. And he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod near.

And David said, O Jehovah the God of Israel, Your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.

Will the masters of Keilah shut me up into his hand? Will Saul come down as Your servant has heard? I pray You, Jehovah the God of Israel, tell your servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.

And David said, Will the masters of Keilah shut me and my men up into Saul's hand? And Jehovah said, They will shut you up.

And David and his men, about six hundred men, rose up and left Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah. And he ceased to go out.

And David stayed in the wilderness, in the strongholds. And he stayed in the hill, in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all his days. And God did not give him into his hand.

And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph, in the forest.