1 Men told David, The Philistines fight Keilah and take grain. ️⚔️ 2 David asked God, Should I help? God said, Go and save Keilah. ➡️️ 3 David’s men said, We are scared here. If we go fight, we will be more scared. ⚔️ 4 David asked God again. God said, Go now. I will help you win. ✅ 5 David and his men went. They beat the bad men. They took their cows. They saved Keilah. ️ 6 Abiathar, the priest, ran to David. He brought a priest tool. ♂️✝️ 7 Saul heard, David is in Keilah. Saul said, Now I can trap him in that city with big gates. ️ 8 Saul called his men. He said, Come. We will go trap David in Keilah. ️ 9 David knew Saul wanted to hurt him. David said to Abiathar, Bring the priest tool. ➡️ 10 David prayed to God, Saul wants to come. He wants to hurt this city because of me. ️ 11 David asked, Will Saul come? Will the men give me to Saul? God said, Yes, Saul will come. ❓➡️ 12 David asked, Will the men give me and my men to Saul? God said, Yes, they will. ❓➡️ 13 David took about 600 men and left. They moved to many places. Saul heard and stopped his plan. 600️⃣ 14 David hid in wild hills by Ziph. Saul looked every day. God kept David safe. ⛰️️ 15 David knew Saul came to find him and hurt him. David was in a place named Horesh by Ziph. ️ 16 Jonathan went to David. He helped David be strong in God. 17 Jonathan said, Do not be afraid. My dad will not find you. You will be king. I will stand by you. 18 They made a promise with God. David stayed. Jonathan went home. 19 Men of Ziph went to Saul. They said, David hides near us, on a hill in the south. ️️ 20 They said, King, come. We will give David to you. ➡️♂️ 21 Saul said, Thank you. May God be good to you. 22 Saul said, Go back. Look again. Find where he is. He is very good at hiding. 23 Saul said, Learn all his hide spots. Tell me for sure. Then I will go with you and look everywhere. ️♂️ 24 The men went to Ziph. But David was now in wild land by Maon, in the south. ♂️ 25 Saul went to find David. David heard. He went to a big rock in Maon. Saul heard and chased him. ♂️ 26 Saul was on one side of a hill. David was on the other side. David ran to get away. Saul got close to catch him. ⛰️↔️♂️ 27 A man ran to Saul and said, Hurry! The Philistines attack our land! ♂️⚔️ 28 Saul went back to fight them. He did not chase David. People named the place Rock of Get Away. ⚔️ 29 David left there. He lived in safe caves at a place named En Gedi. ️⛰️