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1 Samuel 23:1-6

What meaning of the 1 samuel 23:1-6 in the Bible?

What does 1 Samuel 23:1-6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.

  • 1 Samuel 23:1

    Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

  • 1 Samuel 23:2

    Therefore David enquired 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.

  • 1 Samuel 23:3

    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?

  • 1 Samuel 23:4

    Then David enquired 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.

  • 1 Samuel 23:5

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 23:6

    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.

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