1 Samuel 23:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

God hath

He is shut

Luke 19:43

General references

Psalm 37:12

Bible References

God hath

David then stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.

so they said to him, “Look, this is the day the Lord told you about: ‘I will hand your enemy over to you so you can do to him whatever you desire.’” Then David got up and secretly cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.

Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has handed your enemy over to you. Let me thrust the spear through him into the ground just once. I won’t have to strike him twice!”

For my enemies talk about me,
and those who spy on me plot together,

He is shut

Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.

The enemy said:
“I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil.
My desire will be gratified at their expense.
I will draw my sword;
my hand will destroy them.”

When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded the place and waited in ambush for him all that night at the city gate. While they were waiting quietly, they said, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”

the joy of the wicked has been brief
and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?

For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

General references

The wicked person schemes against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him.