New American Bible, Revised Edition

1 Samuel 23:11-16 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

11. Will they hand me over? Will Saul come down as your servant has heard? Lord God of Israel, tell your servant.” The Lord answered: He will come down.

12. David then asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” The Lord answered: They will deliver you.

13. So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and wandered from place to place. When Saul was informed that David had fled from Keilah, he did not go forth.

14. David now lived in the strongholds in the wilderness, or in the barren hill country near Ziph. Though Saul sought him continually, the Lord did not deliver David into his hand.

15. While David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh he was afraid that Saul had come out to seek his life.

16. Then Saul’s son, Jonathan, came down to David at Horesh and encouraged him in the Lord.