9. David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod here.
10. Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, Your servant has surely heard that Saul intends to come and destroy the city of Keilah on my account.
11. Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O Lord, God of Israel, I beseech You, tell Your servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.
12. Then David asked, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into Saul's hand? The Lord said, They will deliver you up.
13. Then David and his men, about 600, arose and left Keilah, going wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up going there.
14. David remained in the wilderness strongholds in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hands.
15. David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in the wood [at Horesh].
16. And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose and went into the wood to David [at Horesh] and strengthened his hand in God.
17. He said to him, Fear not; the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. Saul my father knows that too.
18. And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord. And David remained in the wood [at Horesh], and Jonathan went to his house.