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David: The Warrior King - Bible Verse List
A Novel of King David
David in 1 Samuel 23
(1 Samuel 23:1) And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight
against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.
(1 Samuel 23:2) And David asked of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go? And shall I
strike these Philistines? And Jehovah said to David, Go and strike the
Philistines, and save Keilah.
(1 Samuel 23:3) And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in
Judah. How much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the
Philistines?
(1 Samuel 23:4) And David inquired of Jehovah once again. And Jehovah answered
him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into
your hand.
(1 Samuel 23:5) And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the
Philistines. And they led away their cattle and struck them with a great
slaughter. And David saved the people of Keilah.
(1 Samuel 23:6) And it happened when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David
to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
(1 Samuel 23:7) And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul
said, God has delivered him into my hands, for he is shut in by entering into a
town that has gates and bars.
(1 Samuel 23:8) And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to
Keilah to besiege David and his men.
(1 Samuel 23:9) And David knew that Saul secretly planned evil against him. And
he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod here.
(1 Samuel 23:10) And David said, O Lord God of Israel, Your servant has surely
heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
(1 Samuel 23:11) Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul
come down as Your servant has heard? O Jehovah, the God of Israel, I beg of You,
tell Your servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.
(1 Samuel 23:12) And David said, Will the men of Keilah shut up me and my men
into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will shut you up.
(1 Samuel 23:13) And David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed
out of Keilah and went wherever they could go. And it was told to Saul that
David had escaped from Keilah. And he did not go forth.
(1 Samuel 23:14) And David stayed in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained
in the stronghold in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul looked for him every day,
but God did not deliver him into his hand.
(1 Samuel 23:15) And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. And
David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a woods.
(1 Samuel 23:16) And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose and went to David into the
woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
(1 Samuel 23:17) And he said to him, Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father
shall not find you. And you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to
you. And my father Saul knows that also.
(1 Samuel 23:18) And the two of them cut a covenant before Jehovah. And David
stayed in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house.
(1 Samuel 23:19) And the men of Ziph came up to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, Does
not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of
Hachilah, which is on the south of the wilderness?
(1 Samuel 23:20) And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of your
soul. Come down, and it is for us to shut him up into the king's hand.
(1 Samuel 23:21) And Saul said, Blessed are you from Jehovah, for you have pity
on me.
(1 Samuel 23:22) Please go, make more sure, and know and see the place where his
foot is. Who has seen him there? For I am told that he is very subtle.
(1 Samuel 23:23) And see and know of all the hiding places where he hides
himself there, and return to me prepared. And I will go with you. And it shall
be, if he is in the land, I will search him out throughout all the thousands of
Judah.
(1 Samuel 23:24) And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his
men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain, on the south of the desert.
(1 Samuel 23:25) Saul and his men also went to look for him. And they told
David. And he came down from the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And
when Saul heard, he followed after David in the wilderness of Maon.
(1 Samuel 23:26) And 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 before Saul. For
Saul and his men were encircling David and his men, to take them.
(1 Samuel 23:27) And a messenger came to Saul, saying, Hurry and come! For the
Philistines have invaded the land.
(1 Samuel 23:28) And Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the
Philistines. Therefore they called that place, The Rock of the Division.
(1 Samuel 23:29) And David went up from there and stayed in strongholds at
En-gedi.
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A List of the Characters in David: The
Warrior King with records in the Bible
Abner – Saul’s general - influential
cousin.
Achish – Philistine king.
Ahinoam – Saul’s wife.
Eliab – David’s eldest brother.
Jonathan – Saul’s son - eldest prince of Israel.
Michal – Saul’s daughter - David’s wife.
Abiathar – Priest to David who survived Saul’s slaughter at Nob - the son of
Ahimelech.
Abigail from Carmel – David’s second wife - the widow of Nabal.
Abinadab – David’s second eldest brother.
Abishai – Zeruiah’s second son.
Ahimelech – Priest who gave David bread and Goliath’s sword - was murdered
for his actions.
Ahinoam from Jezreel – servant to Abigail - David’s third wife.
Amasa – David’s nephew - his sister Abigail’s only son.
Asahel – Zeruiah’s youngest son
Bathsheba – Beautiful daughter of Eliel.
Doeg – Saul’s henchman.
Ish-bosheth – Saul’s youngest son.
Joab – Zeruiah’s oldest son.
Merab – Saul’s eldest daughter.
Pelet – David’s soldier
Rizpah – Saul’s concubine.
Samuel – Prophet who anoints David king.
Shammah – Daivd’s third eldest brother.
Abigail – David’s sister, her son is Amasa.
Abinadab ben Saul – Saul’s son.
Adriel – Merab’s husband and Saul’s son-in-law.
Hushai – One of David’s guards in the wildernesses.
Jaasiel – Abner’s son.
Malchi-shua – Saul’s son.
Mephibosheth – Jonathan’s only son.
Nethaneel – David’s fourth eldest brother.
Ozem – David’s sixth brother.
Raddai – David’s fifth brother.
Sérèn – Five princes of Philistine (Gath, Gaza, Ekron, Ashkelon, and Ashod).
Zeruiah – David’s sister - mother of Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.
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