27But a messenger came to Saul, saying, |Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!|


In Context

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 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 after David in the wilderness of Maon.

26 Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.

27 But a messenger came to Saul, saying, |Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!|

28 So Saul returned from pursuing after 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.

1 Samuel 23:27 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:27a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Come quickly! The Philistines are raiding the land."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:27But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:27And a messenger came to Saul, saying: Make haste to come, for the Philistines have poured in themselves upon the land.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:27But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:27But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee and come; for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:27But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:27But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:27And a messenger hath come in unto Saul, saying, 'Haste, and come, for the Philistines have pushed against the land.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:27But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste you, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.