New Revised Standard Version
Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, “God has given him into my hand; for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”

New American Bible
When Saul was told that David had entered Keilah, he thought: “God has put him in my hand, for he has boxed himself in by entering a city with gates and bars.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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.

A.

2943 B.C.

1061 A. Ex. Is.

430
God hath

1 Samuel 23:14 But David abode in the desert in strong holds, and he remained in a mountain of the desert of Ziph, in a woody hill. And Saul sought him always: but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.

1 Samuel 24:4-6 And the servants of David said to him: Behold the day, of which the Lord said to thee: I will deliver thy enemy unto thee, that thou mayst do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes. Then David arose, and secretly cut off the hem of Saul's robe. . . .

1 Samuel 26:8,9 And Abisai said to David: God hath shut up thy enemy this day into thy hands: now then I will run him through with my spear, even to the earth at once, and there shall be no need of a second time. . . .

Psalm 71:10,11 For my enemies have spoken against me; and they that watched my soul have consulted together, . . .

he is shut

Exodus 14:3 And Pharao will say of the children of Israel: They are straitened in the land, the desert hath shut them in.

Exodus 15:9 The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them.

Judges 16:2,3 And when the Philistines had heard this, and it was noised about among them, that Samson was come into the city, they surrounded him, setting guards at the gate of the city, and watching there all the night in silence, that in the morning they might kill him as he went out. . . .

Job 20:5 That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

Luke 19:43,44 For the days shall come upon thee: and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee and compass thee round and straiten thee on every side, . . .