11. Will the citizens of Keilah hand me over to him? Will Saul come here as I have heard? Lord God of Israel, please tell me.”“He will come,” the Lord answered.
12. “Will the citizens of Keilah hand me and my men over to Saul?” David asked.“They will hand you over,” the Lord answered.
13. So David and his men, about six hundred in all, left Keilah. They went wherever they could go. Then Saul was told, “David has escaped from Keilah!” So he gave up the campaign.
14. David lived in fortified camps in the desert, and he lived in fortified camps in the mountains of the desert of Ziph. Saul was always searching for him, but God didn’t let him capture David.
15. David was afraid because Saul had come to kill him at Horesh in the desert of Ziph.
16. Saul’s son Jonathan came to David at Horesh. He strengthened David’s ⌊faith⌋ in the Lord.
17. “Don’t be afraid,” he told David, “my father Saul won’t find you. You will rule Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this.”
18. Both of them made a pledge in the Lord’s presence. David stayed in Horesh, and Jonathan went home.