9. When David heard that Saul was planning to attack him, he said to the priest Abiathar, “Bring the ephod here.”
10. Then David said, “Lord, God of Israel, I have heard that Saul is planning to come to Keilah and destroy it on account of me, your servant.
11. Will the citizens of Keilah hand me over to Saul? Will Saul really come, as I have heard? Lord, God of Israel, I beg you to answer me!”The Lord answered, “Saul will come.”
12. “And will the citizens of Keilah hand my men and me over to Saul?” David asked again.“They will,” the Lord answered.
13. So David and his men — about 600 in all — left Keilah at once and kept on the move. When Saul heard that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up his plan.
14. David stayed in hiding in the hill country, in the wilderness near Ziph. Saul was always trying to find him, but God did not hand David over to him.
15. David saw that Saul was out to kill him.David was at Horesh, in the wilderness near Ziph.