1 Samuel 23:10
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Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.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.
In other translations
Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.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.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732יְהוָהyahwehO YahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵי'elohei[the] God ofH430יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478שָׁמֹעַshamoa'certainly <to hear>H8085שָׁמַעshama'he has heardH8085עַבְדְּךָ'avdekhaservant yourH5650כִּי־ki-thatH3588מְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh[is] seekingH1245שָׁאוּלsha'ulSaulH7586לָבוֹאlavo'to comeH935אֶל־'el-toH413קְעִילָהke'ilahKeilahH7084לְשַׁחֵתleshachetto destroyH7843לָעִירla'ir<to> the cityH5892בַּעֲבוּרִי׃ba'avuribecause of meH5668
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 28:15As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
- 1 Samuel 22:19And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
- Romans 3:15-1615 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 ruin and misery lie in their wake,
- 1 Samuel 23:8And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.Then Saul summoned all his troops to go to war at Keilah and besiege David and his men.
- Genesis 18:24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
- Esther 3:6And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.
People and places
Places: Keilah