## Targum Jonathan on I Samuel Chapter 23

###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:1
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וְחַוִיאוּ לְדָוִד לְמֵימָר הָא פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי מְגִיחִין קְרָבָא בִקְעִילָה וְהָא אִינוּן בָּזְזִין יַת אִידְרַיָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now they told David, “Behold, the Philistines are waging battle in Keilah, and they are robbing the threshing floors.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:2
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וְשָׁאִיל דָוִד בְּמֵימְרָא דַייָ לְמֵימָר הַאֵזִיל וְאֶקְטוֹל בִּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי הָאִלֵין וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְדָוִד אֱזֵיל וְתִקְטוֹל בִּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי וְתִפְרוֹק יַת יַתְבֵי קְעִילָה:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So David inquired of the speech of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go and kill among these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and kill among the Philistines and save Keilah.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:3
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וַאֲמַרוּ גַבְרֵי דָוִד לֵיהּ הָא כַד אֲנַחְנָא הָכָא בְּאַרְעָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה אֲנַחְנָא דַחֲלִין וְאַף אֱלָהֵין דְנֵיזִל לִקְעִילָה לְסִדְרֵי פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But David’s men said to him, “Behold, now we are here in the land of the House of Judah, we are [constantly] afraid. How much more if we go to Keilah, to the ranks of the Philistines!”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:4
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וְאוֹסִיף עוֹד דָוִד לְמִשְׁאַל בְּמֵימְרָא דַייָ וְקַבֵּיל צְלוֹתֵיהּ יְיָ וַאֲמַר קוּם חוֹת לִקְעִילָה אֲרֵי אֲנָא מְסַר יַת פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי בִּידָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then David inquired of the speech of the LORD again. And the LORD received his prayer and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will surrender the Philistines into your hand.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:5
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וַאֲזַל דָוִד וְגַבְרוֹהִי לִקְעִילָה וְאַגִיחַ קְרָבָא בִּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי וּדְבַר יַת גֵיתֵיהוֹן וּמְחָא בְהוֹן מְחָא סַגִיאָה וּפְרַק דָוִד יַת יַתְבֵי קְעִילָה:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David and his men went to Keilah and waged battle with the Philistines. He took their herd and made a great strike among them. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:6
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וַהֲוָה כַּד עֲרַק אֶבְיָתָר בַּר אֲחִימֶלֶךְ לְוַת דָוִד לִקְעִילָה אֵפוֹדָא אָחִית בִּידֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech had fled to David to Keilah, he had brought the ephod down in his hand.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:7
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וְאִתְחַוָא לְשָׁאוּל אֲרֵי אֲתָא דָוִד לִקְעִילָה וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל מְסַר יָתֵיהּ יְיָ בִּידִי אֲרֵי אִתְמְסַר לְמֵיעַל בְּקַרְתָּא דְלָהּ דָשִׁין וְעַבְּרִין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, “The LORD has surrendered him into my hand, for we are surrendered to enter a town that has gates and bars.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:8
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וּכְנַשׁ שָׁאוּל יַת כָּל עַמָא לַאֲגָחָא קְרָבָא לְמֵיחַת לִקְעִילָה לְמֵצַר עַל דָוִד וְעַל גַבְרוֹהִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul gathered all the people to wage war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:9
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וִידַע דָוִד אֲרֵי עֲלוֹהִי שָׁאוּל כָּמִין בִּישְׁתָא וַאֲמַר לְאֶבְיָתָר כַּהֲנָא קְרֵיב אֵפוֹדָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When David learnt that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod near.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:10
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד יְיָ אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל מִשְׁמַע שְׁמַע עַבְדָךְ אֲרֵי בָעֵי שָׁאוּל לְמֵיעַל לִקְעִילָה לְחַבָּלָא לְקַרְתָּא בְּדִילִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then said David, “O LORD, God of Israel, thy servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the town on my account.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:11
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הַסְבִירִין לְמִמְסְרִי יַתְבֵי קְעִילָה בִּידֵיהּ הַסְבִיר לְמֵיחַת שָׁאוּל כְּמָא דִשְׁמַע עַבְדָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל חַוֵי כְעַן לְעַבְדָךְ וַאֲמַר יְיָ סָבֵר לְמֵיחָת:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Are the inhabitants of Keilah planning to surrender me into his hand? Is Saul planning to come down, as thy servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, tell now thy servant!” And the LORD said, “He is planning to come down.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:12
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד הַסְבִירִין לְמִמְסְרִי יַתְבֵי קְעִילָה יָתִי וְיַת גַבְרַי בִּידָא דְשָׁאוּל וַאֲמַר יְיָ סְבִירִין לְמִמְסַר:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then David said, “Are the inhabitants of Keilah planning to surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And the LORD said, “They are planning to surrender you.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:13
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וְקָם דָוִד וְגַבְרוֹהִי כְּשִׁית מְאָה גַבְרָא וּנְפַקוּ מִקְעִילָה וְהַלִיכוּ בַּאֲתַר דְכָשַׁר לְהַלָכָא וּלְשָׁאוּל אִתְחַוָא אֲרֵי אִשְׁתֵּיזֵיב דָוִד מִקְעִילָה וְאִתְמְנַע מִלְמִפַּק:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then David and his men – about six hundred men – arose and departed from Keilah, and they went to every place that was fit to go to. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he withdrew from going out.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:14
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וִיתֵיב דָוִד בְּמַדְבְּרָא בִּמְצַדְתָּא וִיתֵיב בְּטוּרָא בְּמַדְבְּרָא דְזִיף וּבְעוֹהִי שָׁאוּל כָּל יוֹמַיָא וְלָא מַסְרֵיהּ יְיָ בִּידֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David dwelt in the strongholds in the desert, in the hill country of the Desert of Ziph. And Saul sought him all the days, but the LORD did not surrender him into his hand.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:15
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וַחֲזָא דָוִד אֲרֵי נְפַק שָׁאוּל לְמִקְטְלֵיהּ וְדָוִד בְּמַדְבְּרָא דְזִיף בְּחוּרְשָׁא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David saw that Saul had come out to seek to kill him. David was in the Desert of Ziph, at The Wood.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:16
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וְקָם יְהוֹנָתָן בַּר שָׁאוּל וַאֲזַל לְוַת דָוִד לְחוּרְשָׁא וּתְקֵיף יַת יְדֵיהּ בְּמֵימְרָא דַיָי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Jonathan, Saul’s son, rose and went to David at The Wood, and strengthened his hand in the speech of the LORD.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:17
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וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ לָא תִדְחַל אֲרֵי לָא תַשְׁכְּחִינָךְ יְדָא דְשָׁאוּל אַבָּא וְאַתְּ תִּמְלוֹךְ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל וַאֲנָא אֱהֵי לָךְ לְתִנְיָן וְאַף שָׁאוּל אַבָּא יְדַע כֵּן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And he said to him, “Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. Saul my father also knows this.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:18
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וּגְזָרוּ תַרְוֵיהוֹן קְיָם קֳדָם יְיָ וִיתֵיב דָוִד בַּחוֹרְשָׁא וִיהוֹנָתָן אֲזַל לְבֵיתֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David dwelt in The Wood, while Jonathan went home.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:19
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וּסְלִיקוּ אֱנָשֵׁי זִיף לְוַת שָׁאוּל לְגִבְעֲתָא לְמֵימָר הֲלָא דָוִד מִטַמָר עִמָנָא בַמְצַדְתָּא בַּחוּרְשָׁא בְּגִבְעַת חֲכִילָה דְמִדָרוֹם לִישִׁימוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then the men of Ziph went up to Saul at The Hill, saying, “Does not David hide among us in the strongholds of The Wood, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:20
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וּכְעַן לְכָל רַעֲוַת נַפְשָׁךְ מַלְכָּא לְמֵיחַת חוּת וַאֲנַחְנָא נִמְסְרִינֵיהּ בִּידָא דְמַלְכָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And now, come down according to all your heart’s desire, O king, and we shall surrender him into the king’s hand.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:21
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וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל בְּרִיכָן אַתּוּן קֳדָם יְיָ אֲרֵי חַסְתּוּן עֲלָי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul said, “Blessed be you before the LORD, for you have had compassion on me.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:22
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אֱזִילוּ כְעַן אַתְקִינוּ עוֹד וּדְעוֹ וַחֲזוֹ יַת אַתְרֵיה דְשָׁרֵי בֵיהּ מַן חֲזָהִי תַמָן אֲרֵי אָמְרִין לִי דְעָרִים וְנָפִיק הוּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Go now and make more sure. Know and see the place where he dwells. Who saw him there? For they say that he is cunning and moving.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:23
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וַחֲזוֹ וּדְעוֹ מִכָּל מַטְמוֹרַיָתָא דְאִטְמַר תַּמָן וּתְתוּבוּן לְוָתִי בִּקְשׁוֹט וְאֵהַךְ עִמְכוֹן וִיהֵי אִם אִיתוֹהִי בְאַרְעָא וְאֶבְלוֹשׁ יָתֵיה בְּכָל אַלְפַיָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
See then and learn to know any of the hiding places where he hides, and return to me with truth. Then I will go with you, and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:24
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וְקָמוּ וַאֲזַלוּ לְזִיף קֳדָם שָׁאוּל וְדָוִד וְגַבְרוּהִי בְּמַדְבְּרָא דְמָעוֹן בְּמֵישְׁרָא דְמִדָרוֹם לִישִׁימוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And they arose and went to Ziph, ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Desert of Maon, in the valley to the south of Jeshimon.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:25
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וַאֲזַל שָׁאוּל וְגַבְרוֹהִי לְמִבְעֵי וְחַוִיאוּ לְדָוִד וּנְחַת לְכֵיפָא וִיתֵיב בְּמַדְבְּרָא דְמָעוֹן וּשְׁמַע שָׁאוּל וּרְדַף בָּתַר דָוִד בְּמַדְבְּרָא דְמָעוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When Saul and his men went to seek him, David was told and he went down to the rock and dwelt in the Desert of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the Desert of Maon.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:26
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וַאֲזַל שָׁאוּל מִסְטַר טוּרָא מִכָּא וְדָוִד וְגַבְרוֹהִי מִסְטַר טוּרָא מִכָּא וַהֲוָה דָוִד מִתְבְּעֵי לְמֵיזַל מִן קֳדָם שָׁאוּל וְשָׁאוּל וְגַבְרוֹהִי כָּמְנִין עַל דָוִד וְעַל גַבְרוֹהִי לְמֵחַדְהוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Saul went on one side of the mountain and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David was anxious to get away from Saul, as Saul and his men were lying in wait against David and against his men to capture them.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:27
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וְאִזְגַדָא אֲתָא לְוַת שָׁאוּל לְמֵימָר אוֹחִי וֶאֱזֵל אֲרֵי אִתְנְגִידוּ פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי עַל אַרְעָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Make haste and come, for the Philistines have marched out against the land!”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 23:28
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וְתַב שָׁאוּל מִלְמִרְדַף בָּתַר דָוִד וַאֲזַל לִקְדָמוּת פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי עַל כֵּן קְרוֹ לְאַתְרָא הַהוּא כֵּיף פַּלְגוּתָא אַתְרָא דְאִתְפְּלֵיג בֵּיהּ לִבָּא דְמַלְכָּא לְמֵיזַל לְכָא וּלְכָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called the place Rock of Divisions, the place where the heart of the king was divided to go here or there.