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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. The Philistines, instead of gaining booty, were themselves spoiled, losing their flocks and herds and suffering a very severe defeat. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

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See also 1 Samuel 23:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 23:5. _BROUGHT AWAY THEIR CATTLE_] The forage and spoil which the Philistines had taken, driving the country before them round about Keilah....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 23 _ 1. The victory over the Philistines at Keilah (1 Samuel 23:1)_ 2. In the wilderness of Ziph (1 Samuel 23:14) 3. Saul's return (1 Samuel 23:27) Keilah was about six miles sou

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 SAMUEL 23. DAVID ESCAPES FROM SAUL (J). 1 Samuel 23:1. David hears that the Philistines are raiding the territory of Keilah (p. 31), a little S. of Adullam. He ascertains by oracles, probably using...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Saul's Pursuit of David to Keilah, 1 Samuel 23:1-29. _Abiathar, the Priest, With David._ 1 Samuel 23:1-6 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the t...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID DELIVERS KEILAH AND AFTERWARDS RETIRES TO THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH AND MAON 6. _With_ AN EPHOD IN HIS HAND] This is inserted to explain how it was that David was able to enquire of the LORD: see...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 23 DAVID SAVES THE TOWN OF KEILAH V1 Someone told David that the *Philistines were attacking the town of Keilah. And they were stealing the g...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֵּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִד֩ _וַ_†_אֲנָשָׁ֨יו_† קְעִילָ֜ה וַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXX. _ DAVID AT KEILAH, ZIPH, AND MAON._ 1 Samuel 23:1. THE period of David's life shortly sketched in this chapter, must have been full of trying and exciting events. If we knew all the det...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SUCCESS AND SAFETY UNDER GOD'S GUIDANCE 1 Samuel 23:1 We learn here that those who are called to walk in the maze of human life need to look constantly upward for direction. “It is not in man that wa...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The series of happenings recorded in this chapter reveals most vividly the appalling condition of affairs in the kingdom. Saul, still nominally king, filled with hatred for David, was devoting all hi...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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. What a blesse...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    David, despised as he may be, is the king and saviour of the people; he puts the Philistines to flight with great slaughter. He finds nothing but treachery in Israel, of which Saul makes use in the ho...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO DAVID AND HIS MEN WENT TO KEILAH,.... Animated by a commission from God, and a promise of success by him: AND FOUGHT WITH THE PHILISTINES; encamped before Keilah: AND BROUGHT AWAY THEIR CATTLE; w...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 5. _And brou...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _So David and his men went to Keilah_, &c. “His success on this occasion was very extraordinary; he saved the city and the inhabitants; he delivered the country all around from the ravages of the enem...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Dauid enquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, rescueth Keilah. 7 God shewing him the comming of Saul and the trecherie of the Keilites, he escapeth from Keilah. 14 In Ziph Ionathan commeth and comforte...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    David remains devoted to his people Israel. It is disturbing to him to hear that the Philistines were fighting against Keilah and robbing grain from the threshing floors. Saul shows no concern for the...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 When princes persecute God's people, let them expect vexation on all sides. The way for any country to be quiet, is to let God's church be quiet in it: if Saul fight against David, the Philistines...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The Philistines had either brought THEIR CATTLE out of their land, or had taken from the Israelites in their march, for the sustenance of their army....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 23:5 David H1732 men H582 went H3212 (H8799) Keilah H7084 fought H3898 (H8735) Philistines H6430 struck...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SECTION 4 SUBSECTION B. DAVID DELIVERS KEILAH FROM AN INVASION BY THE PHILISTINES, IS VISITED BY JONATHAN, AND EVADES CAPTURE BY SAUL (1 SAMUEL 23:1) a David Delivers Keilah From An Invasion By The...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID DELIVERS KEILAH FROM THE PHILISTINES (1 SAMUEL 23:1). The last we heard David and his men were in the Forest of Hareth (whereabouts unknown). If they were still there when Abiathar sought them o...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Wanderings and adventures of David. CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul, Jonathan, Abiathar. CONCLUSION: Whatever befalls us, if we acknowledge God in all our ways and seek direction from Him, Go...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 23:1. _Keilah,_ a walled town in the south of Judah, near the sources of the brook Besor. 1 Samuel 23:4. _David enquired of the Lord yet again._ Gideon also asked a double sign in time of fe...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Arise, go down to Keilah._ THE TRAINING IN THE WILDERNESS The contrast between David at Nob or Gath and at Hareth and Keilah is most marked. 1. It is God’s will he desires to know (1 Samuel 23:4)....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 22:1. “KEILAH.” A city of Judah, mentioned in Joshua 15:44, and identified by Lieut. Van de Velde with a site containing ruins, and now called Kila, a few miles...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    ADVENTURES OF DAVID AT KEILAH AND IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH (1 Samuel 23:1). EXPOSITION DAVID RESCUES KEILAH, BUT HAS

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they're robbing their threshingfloors. So David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philisti...

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