7 When the men of Israel that were in the region of the low plain and that were in the region of the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons had died, then they began to leave the cities and flee,+ after which the Phi·lisʹtines came on in and took up dwelling in them.+

17 And the Phi·lisʹtines got to hear that they had anointed David as king over Israel.+ At that all the Phi·lisʹtines came up to look for David. When David heard of it, then he went down to the place hard to approach.+