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1 Samuel 23:11

1 Samuel 23:11 is verse 11 of 1 Samuel chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.

Some manuscripts omit this question.

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King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.”

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1 Samuel 23:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”

10 And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.

11 Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.

12 So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.

13 Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.

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Hebrew words

הֲיַסְגִּרֻ֣נִי¿ will they deliver up me בַעֲלֵי֩[the] citizens of קְעִילָ֨הKeilah בְיָד֜וֹin hand his הֲיֵרֵ֣ד¿ will he come down שָׁא֗וּלSaul כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙just as שָׁמַ֣עhe has heard עַבְדֶּ֔ךָservant your יְהוָה֙O Yahweh אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael הַגֶּדtell נָ֖אplease לְעַבְדֶּ֑ךָto servant your וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said יְהוָ֖הYahweh יֵרֵֽדhe will come down

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

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