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1 Samuel 23:7

When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”

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ASV

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

KJV

And 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.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֻּגַּ֣דvai.yu.Gadand it was toldH5046 →
לְשָׁא֔וּלle.sha.'Ulto SaulH7586 →
כִּי־ki-thatH3588 →
בָ֥אva'he had goneH935 →
דָוִ֖דda.VidDavidH1732 →
קְעִילָ֑הke.'i.LahKeilahH7084 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
שָׁא֗וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586 →
נִכַּ֨רni.Karhe has alienatedH5234 →
אֹת֤וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853 →
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
בְּיָדִ֔יbe.ya.Diin hand myH3027 →
כִּ֚יkiforH3588 →
נִסְגַּ֣רnis.Garhe has shut himself upH5462 →
לָב֔וֹאla.Vo'by goingH935 →
בְּעִ֖ירbe.'Irin a city ofH5892 →
דְּלָתַ֥יִםde.la.Ta.yimdoorsH1817 →
וּבְרִֽיחַ׃u.ve.Ri.achand bar[s]H1280 →

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1 Samuel 24:4–6So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.1 Samuel 26:8–9Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?Psalms 71:10–11For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,1 Samuel 23:14And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.1 Samuel 24:4So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’Exodus 14:3For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’Judges 16:2–3When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”1 Samuel 24:18And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.2 Chronicles 13:16So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.1 Samuel 23:12So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.Isaiah 19:4I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.Luke 19:43–44For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.

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