8Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.


In Context

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 It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

7 It was told Saul 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 Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

9 David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, |Bring the ephod here.|

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.

1 Samuel 23:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:8And Saul called up all his forces for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:8And Saul commanded all the people to go down to fight against Ceila, and to besiege David, and his men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:8And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:8And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8And Saul summoneth the whole of the people to battle, to go down to Keilah, to lay siege unto David and unto his men.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.