1 Samuel · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
1 Samuel 23 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Δαυὶδ, λέγοντες, ἰδοὺ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι πολεμοῦσιν ἐν τῇ Κεϊλὰ, καὶ αὐτοὶ διαρπάζουσι, καταπατοῦσι τοὺς ἅλω.
1 David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”
2 Καὶ ἐπηρώτησε Δαυὶδ διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, λέγων, εἰ πορευθῶ, καὶ πατάξω τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους τούτους; καὶ εἶπε Κύριος, πορεύου, καὶ πατάξεις ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις τούτοις, καὶ σώσεις τὴν Κεϊλά.
2 Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” Yahweh said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.”
3 Καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἄνδρες τοῦ Δαυὶδ πρὸς αὐτὸν, ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς ἐνταῦθα ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ φοβούμεθα, καὶ πῶς ἔσται ἐὰν πορευθῶμεν εἰς Κεϊλὰ, εἰς τὰ σκῦλα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων εἰσπορευσόμεθα;
3 David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
4 Καὶ προσέθετο Δαυὶδ ἔτι ἐπερωτῆσαι διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου· καὶ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Κύριος, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ἀνάστηθι καὶ κατάβηθι εἰς Κεϊλὰ, ὅτι ἐγὼ παραδίδωμι τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους εἰς χεῖράς σου.
4 Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
5 Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ εἰς Κεϊλὰ, καὶ ἐπολέμησε τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις· καὶ ἔφυγον ἐκ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπήγαγε τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτοῖς πληγὴν μεγάλην, καὶ ἔσωσε Δαυὶδ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Κεϊλά.
5 David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
6 Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ φεύγειν Ἀβιάθαρ υἱὸν Ἀχιμέλεχ πρὸς Δαυὶδ, καὶ αὐτὸς μετὰ Δαυὶδ εἰς Κεϊλὰ κατέβη ἔχων ἐφοὺδ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.
6 When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
7 Καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Σαοὺλ, ὅτι ἥκει ὁ Δαυὶδ εἰς Κεϊλά· καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ, πέπρακεν αὐτὸν ὁ Θεὸς εἰς τὰς χεῖράς μου, ὅτι ἀποκέκλεισται εἰσελθὼν εἰς πόλιν θυρῶν καὶ μοχλῶν.
7 Saul was told that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he is shut in by entering into a town that has gates and bars.”
8 Καὶ παρήγγειλε Σαοὺλ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ καταβαίνειν εἰς πόλεμον εἰς Κεϊλὰ, συνέχειν τὸν Δαυὶδ καὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας αὐτοῦ.
8 Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.
9 Καὶ ἔγνω Δαυὶδ, ὅτι οὐ παρασιωπᾷ Σαοὺλ περὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν κακίαν· καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Ἀβιάθαρ τὸν ἱερέα, προσάγαγε τὸ ἐφοὺδ Κυρίου.
9 David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him. He said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
10 Καὶ εἶπε Δαυίδ, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραήλ, ἀκούων ἀκήκοεν ὁ δοῦλός σου, ὅτι ζητεῖ Σαοὺλ ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ Κεϊλὰ διαφθεῖραι τὴν πόλιν διʼ ἐμέ.
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 Εἰ ἀποκλεισθήσεται; καὶ νῦν εἰ καταβήσεται Σαοὺλ, καθὼς ἤκουσεν ὁ δοῦλός σου; Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραήλ ἀπάγγειλον τῷ δούλῳ σου· καὶ εἶπε Κύριος, ἀποκλεισθήσεται.
11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant.” 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 Καὶ ἀνέστη Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ὡς τετρακόσιοι, καὶ ἐξῆλθον ἐκ Κεϊλὰ, καὶ ἐπορεύοντο οὗ ἐὰν ἐπορεύοντο· καὶ τῷ Σαοὺλ ἀπηγγέλη, ὅτι διασέσωσται Δαυὶδ ἐκ Κεϊλὰ, καὶ ἀνῆκε τοῦ ἐλθεῖν.
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 had escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.
14 Καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν Μασερὲμ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐν τοῖς στενοῖς, καὶ ἐκάθετο ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Ζὶφ, ἐν τῇ γῇ τῇ αὐχμώδει· καὶ ἐζήτει αὐτὸν Σαοὺλ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, καὶ οὐ παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν Κύριος εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ.
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 God didn’t deliver him into his hand.
15 Καὶ εἶδε Δαυὶδ, ὅτι ἐξέρχεται Σαοὺλ τοῦ ζητεῖν τὸν Δαυίδ· καὶ Δαυὶδ ἦν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ αὐχμώδει ἐν τῇ Καινῇ Ζίφ.
15 David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the woods.
16 Καὶ ἀνέστη Ἰωνάθαν υἱὸς Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐπορεύθη πρὸς Δαυὶδ εἰς Καινὴν, καὶ ἐκραταίωσε τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἐν Κυρίῳ,
16 Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
17 καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν, μὴ φοβοῦ, ὅτι οὐ μὴ εὕρῃ σε ἡ χεὶρ Σαοὺλ τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ σὺ βασιλεύσεις ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐγὼ ἔσομαί σοι εἰς δεύτερον, καὶ Σαοὺλ ὁ πατήρ μου οἶδεν οὕτως.
17 He said to him, “Don’t be afraid, for the hand of Saul my father won’t find you; and you will be king over Israel, and I will be next to you; and Saul my father knows that also.”
18 Καὶ διέθεντο ἀμφότεροι διαθήκην ἐνώπιον Κυρίου· καὶ ἐκάθητο Δαυὶδ ἐν Καινῇ, καὶ Ἰωνάθαν ἀπῆλθεν εἰς οἶκον αὐτοῦ.
18 They both made a covenant before Yahweh. Then David stayed in the woods and Jonathan went to his house.
19 Καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ Ζιφαῖοι ἐκ τῆς αὐχμώδους πρὸς Σαοὺλ ἐπὶ τὸν βουνὸν, λέγοντες, οὐκ ἰδοὺ Δαυὶδ κέκρυπται παρʼ ἡμῖν ἐν Μεσσαρὰ ἐν τοῖς στενοῖς ἐν τῇ Καινῇ ἐν τῷ βουνῷ τοῦ Ἑχελᾶ τοῦ ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Ἰεσσαιμοῦ;
19 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
20 Καὶ νῦν πᾶν τὸ πρὸς ψυχὴν τοῦ βασιλέως εἰς κατάβασιν, καταβαινέτω πρὸς ἡμᾶς· κεκλείκασιν αὐτὸν εἰς τὰς χεῖρας τοῦ βασιλέως.
20 Now therefore, O king, come down. According to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part will be to deliver him up into the king’s hand.”
21 Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Σαοὺλ, εὐλογημένοι ὑμεῖς τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὅτι ἐπονέσατε περὶ ἐμοῦ·
21 Saul said, “You are blessed by Yahweh, for you have had compassion on me.
22 Πορεύθητε δὴ καὶ ἑτοιμάσατε ἔτι, καὶ γνῶτε τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ οὗ ἔσται ὁ ποὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν τάχει ἐκεῖ οὗ εἴπατε, μή ποτε πανουργεύσηται.
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 Καὶ ἴδετε καὶ γνῶτε, καὶ πορεύσομαι μεθʼ ὑμῶν· καὶ ἔσται εἰ ἔστιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐξερευνήσω αὐτὸν ἐν πάσαις χιλιάσιν Ἰούδα.
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.”
24 Καὶ ἀνέστησαν οἱ Ζιφαῖοι, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἔμπροσθεν Σαούλ· καὶ Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῇ Μαὼν καθʼ ἑσπέραν ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Ἰεσσαιμοῦ.
24 They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
25 Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Σαοὺλ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ζητεῖν αὐτόν· καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Δαυὶδ, καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὴν πέτραν τὴν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Μαών· καὶ ἤκουσε Σαοὺλ, καὶ κατεδίωξεν ὀπίσω Δαυὶδ εἰς τὴν ἔρημον Μαών.
25 Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.
26 Καὶ πορεύονται Σαοὺλ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ἐκ μέρους τοῦ ὄρους ἐκ τούτου, καὶ ἦν Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ἐκ μέρους τοῦ ὄρους ἐκ τούτου· καὶ ἦν Δαυὶδ σκεπαζόμενος πορεύεσθαι ἀπὸ προσώπου Σαούλ· καὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ παρενέβαλον ἐπὶ Δαυὶδ καὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας αὐτοῦ, συλλαβεῖν αὐτούς.
26 Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David hurried to get away for fear of Saul, for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.
27 Καὶ πρὸς Σαοὺλ ἦλθεν ἄγγελος, λέγων, σπεῦδε καὶ δεῦρο, ὅτι ἀλλόφυλοι ἐπέθεντο ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
27 But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!”
28 Καὶ ἀνέστρεψε Σαοὺλ μὴ καταδιώκειν ὀπίσω Δαυίδ, καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς συνάντησιν τῶν ἀλλοφύλων· διὰ τοῦτο ἐπεκλήθη ὁ τόπος ἐκεῖνος, πέτρα ἡ μερισθεῖσα.
28 So Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth. 29 David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abiathar
The one son of Ahimelech to escape Saul's massacre of the priests at Nob, who fled to David with the ephod and later served as priest alongside Zadok. Solomon later banished him…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 22:20; 1 Samuel 23:6; 1 Samuel 30:7
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 15:44; Nehemiah 3:17–18; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:33; Deuteronomy 28:51
- 2 1 Samuel 23:4; 2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Samuel 5:19; Joshua 9:14; 1 Samuel 23:9–12
- 3 1 Samuel 23:15; Jeremiah 12:5; 1 Samuel 23:26; Psalm 11:1; 1 Samuel 23:23
- 4 Judges 7:7; Joshua 8:7; 1 Samuel 28:6; 2 Samuel 5:19; 2 Kings 3:18
- 6 1 Samuel 22:20; 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 14:18; Exodus 28:30–31; 1 Samuel 14:36–37
- 7 1 Samuel 24:4–6; Job 20:5; 1 Samuel 26:8–9; 1 Samuel 23:14; Psalm 71:10–11
- 9 1 Samuel 30:7; 1 Samuel 23:6; Numbers 27:21; Acts 9:24; Jeremiah 11:18–19
- 10 Genesis 18:24; 1 Samuel 23:8; Romans 3:15–16; Proverbs 28:15; 1 Samuel 22:19
- 11 Psalm 50:15; Matthew 7:7–8; Jeremiah 33:3
- 13 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 22:2; 1 Samuel 30:9–10; 2 Samuel 15:20
- 14 Psalm 54:3–4; Psalm 32:7; Joshua 15:55; Joshua 15:24; Romans 8:31
- 16 Isaiah 35:3–4; Hebrews 12:12–13; Job 4:3–4; 2 Timothy 2:1; Ephesians 6:10
- 17 1 Samuel 20:31; 1 Samuel 24:20; Job 5:11–15; Hebrews 13:6; Isaiah 54:17
- 18 1 Samuel 20:42; 2 Samuel 21:7; 1 Samuel 18:3; 2 Samuel 9:1; 1 Samuel 20:12–17
- 19 1 Samuel 26:1; 1 Samuel 26:3; Psalm 54:1–7; 1 Samuel 22:7–8; Proverbs 29:12
- 20 1 Samuel 23:12; Deuteronomy 18:6; 2 Kings 10:5–7; Psalm 112:10; 2 Samuel 3:21
- 21 1 Samuel 22:8; Judges 17:2; Micah 3:11; Isaiah 66:5; Psalm 10:3
- 22 Job 5:13
- 23 Mark 14:1; John 18:2–3; 2 Samuel 17:11–13; 1 Kings 18:10; Romans 3:15–16
- 24 1 Samuel 25:2; Joshua 15:55
- 25 Judges 15:8; 1 Samuel 23:28
- 26 Psalm 17:9; Psalm 17:11; Psalm 22:12; Psalm 118:11–13; 2 Samuel 15:14
- 27 2 Kings 19:9; Psalm 116:3; Genesis 22:14; Deuteronomy 32:36; 1 Chronicles 14:13
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