1 Samuel 23:6-15
6Now it happened when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech afled to David at Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. 7Then it was told to Saul that David had come to Keilah, so Saul said, “God has 1delivered him into my hand, for he shut himself in by entering a city with double gates and bars.” 8Then Saul summoned all the people for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men. 9But David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to aAbiathar the priest, “bBring the ephod here.” 10Then David said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your slave has heard for certain that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to make the city a ruin on my account. 11“Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down just as Your slave has heard? O Yahweh, the God of Israel, I pray, tell Your slave.” And Yahweh said, “He will come down.” 12Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And Yahweh said, “aThey will surrender you.” 13Then David and his men, aabout six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went bwherever they could go. Now it was told to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, so he ceased going out in pursuit. 14And David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of aZiph. And Saul sought him every day, but bGod did not give him into his hand.
Saul Pursues David
15Then David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. Now David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.