1 Samuel 23:12
Good News Translation
"And will the citizens of Keilah hand my men and me over to Saul?" David asked again. "They will," the LORD answered.

New Revised Standard Version
Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” The LORD said, “They will surrender you.”

Contemporary English Version
David asked, "Would the leaders of Keilah hand me and my soldiers over to Saul?" "Yes, they would," the LORD answered.

New American Bible
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David said: Will the men of Ceila deliver me and my men into the hands of Saul? And the Lord said: They will deliver thee up.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And David said: Will the men of Ceila deliver me and my men into the hands of Saul? And the Lord said: They will deliver thee up.

deliver [heb] shut up

Psalm 31:8 And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.

They will

1 Samuel 23:7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Ceila: and Saul said: The Lord hath delivered him into my hands, and he is shut up, being come into a city that hath gates and bars.

Psalm 62:1 Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of David. [2] Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my salvation.

Psalm 118:8 It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have confidence in man.

Ecclesiastes 9:14,15 A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege was perfect. . . .

Isaiah 29:15 Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us?

Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.

Context
Saul Pursues David
11Will the men of Ceila deliver me into his hands? and will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord said: He will come down. 12And David said: Will the men of Ceila deliver me and my men into the hands of Saul? And the Lord said: They will deliver thee up.13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose, and departing from Ceila, wandered up and down, uncertain where they should stay: and it was told Saul that David was fled from Ceila, and had escaped: wherefore he forbore to go out.…
Cross References
Judges 15:10
And the men of the tribe of Juda said to them: Why are you come up against us? They answered: We are come to bind Samson, and to pay him for what he hath done against us.

1 Samuel 23:11
Will the men of Ceila deliver me into his hands? and will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord said: He will come down.

1 Samuel 23:20
Now therefore come down, as thy soul hath desired to come down: and it shall be our business to deliver him into the king's hands.

Jeremiah 11:18
But thou, O Lord, hast shewn me, and I have known: then thou shewedst me their doings.

1 Samuel 23:11
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