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1 Samuel 23:1-13

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

1. Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. 2. Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. 3. And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? 4. Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 5. So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. 6. And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, [that] he came down [with] an ephod in his hand. 7. 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. 8. And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. 9. And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. 10. Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. 11. Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. 12. Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver [thee] up. 13. Then David and his men, [which were] about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.

1 Samuel 23:1-13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Samuel 23:1

Theological / Devotional

Keilah. A town about 2 1/2 miles (4 km.) south of Adullam, perched on the rocky sides of the Wadi es-Sur as it emerges from the mountain district into the plain of Elah.

Keilah was about 9 miles (14.4 km.) from the city of Hebron. It is now known as Khibet Qild.

Threshing floors. The season was well toward early summer, for the grain had been harvested and threshed and the golden heaps were piled on the threshing floors awaiting distribution. Much of this kind of work was a community project. Three factors were taken into consideration in the selection of these floors: (1) the need for a flat surface, preferably rock; (2) the necessity of a place high enough to permit a good breeze to blow away the chaff; and (3) the convenience of a location as central in the community as possible (see 1 Chronicles 21:18-26).

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