“But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 23 contains 29 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.