1So they hit up David and were like, "Yo, the Philistines are throwing down in Keilah and stealing all the crops."

2David was like, "God, should I roll out and take down these Philistines?" And God was like, "Bet, go smash them and save Keilah."

3David’s crew was like, "Fr, we’re scared here in Judah; how much more if we bounce to Keilah and face the Philistine army?"

4David asked God again, and God was like, "Get up, head to Keilah; I got you, I’ll hand the Philistines over to you."

5So David and his squad rolled to Keilah, clapped the Philistines, took their livestock, and wiped them out. David saved the people of Keilah.

6Then Abiathar, son of Ahimelech, dipped to David in Keilah with an ephod in hand.

7Saul heard David was in Keilah and said, "God’s given him to me; he’s trapped in a town with gates and bars."

8Saul gathered the crew for war, ready to roll to Keilah and surround David and his homies.

9David peeped that Saul was scheming on the low, so he told Abiathar the priest, "Bring that ephod over here."

10Then David was like, "O Lord God of Israel, I’ve heard Saul’s coming to Keilah to wreck the city for me."

11Yo, will the squad from Keilah snitch on me? Is Saul pulling up like I heard? O Lord God of Israel, I need the tea. And God said, "He’s coming down."

12Then David was like, "Will the Keilah crew turn me and my boys over to Saul?" And the Lord was like, "They’ll definitely do that."

13So David and his crew, like six hundred deep, bounced from Keilah and dipped wherever they could. Saul found out David ghosted Keilah, so he chilled and didn’t chase.

14David was chilling in the wild, holding it down in the mountains of Ziph. Saul was hunting him every day, but God wasn’t letting him get caught.

15David peeped that Saul was out here trying to take him out: and David was in the Ziph woods.

16Then Jonathan, Saul’s son, popped up and visited David in the woods, giving him some serious support from God.

17He was like, "Don’t trip: Saul ain’t gonna find you; you’re gonna be king over Israel, and I’ll be right there with you; Saul knows this too."

18So they made a pact before the Lord: David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went back home.

19Then the Ziphites rolled up to Saul in Gibeah, saying, "Ain’t David hiding with us in the woods, on Hachilah hill, south of Jeshimon?"

20So, king, pull up whenever you want; we got you, and we’ll hand him over to you.

21Saul was like, "Bless up fam, y'all are showing mad compassion on me."

22"Yo, go check it out, find his spot, and see who's seen him chillin' there, 'cause I heard he's being all sneaky."

23"So, peep all the shady spots where he's hiding, and come back with the deets. If he's in the land, I'ma search him out for real, no cap."

24They bounced and headed to Ziph before Saul, but David and his crew were in the Maon wilderness, vibing in the south of Jeshimon.

25Saul and his squad were on the hunt for him. They told David he dipped into a rock and was chilling in the Maon wilderness. When Saul heard that, he chased after David in the Maon wilderness.

26Saul was on one side of the mountain, and David and his crew were on the other. David was like, "I gotta bounce, Saul's coming for us!" Saul and his boys surrounded them to catch them.

27Then a messenger hit up Saul, saying, "Yo, hurry up and come through; the Philistines are invading the land!"

28So Saul dipped from chasing David and went to handle the Philistines. They named that spot Sela-hammahlekoth.

29David peaced out from there and found some strongholds at En-gedi.

1Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

2Therefore David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

3And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

4Then David enquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

5So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

6And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

7And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

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

9And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

10Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

11Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.

12Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up.

13Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.

14And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

16And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

17And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

18And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

20Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.

21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me.

22Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.

23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

24And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.

25Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

26And 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 compassed David and his men round about to take them.

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

28Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela–hammahlekoth.

29And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En–gedi.