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1 Samuel 23 from Scroll 4Q52 Samuelb 8 Saul
summoned all
the people to war, to go down to Keilah,
to besiege David and his men. 9 David knew that Saul was devising mischief
against him; and he said to Abiathar
the priest, “Bring the ephod here.” 10 Then David said, “O Yahweh, the God
of Israel,
your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. 11 Yahweh said, “He will come down.” 12 Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” Yahweh said, “They will deliver you up.” 13 Then David and his men,
who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. Saul was told that David
was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.
14 David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness
of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but 16 Jonathan,
Saul’s son, arose, and
went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in 19 Then
the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “ [..] 22 Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I have been told that he is very cunning. 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you. It shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”
[1] The scroll does not have enough room for all of this verse, so the first phrase is deleted here, since it is repeated in the following verse. |
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