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Verse 1 Samuel 23:8. _SAUL CALLED ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER_] That is,
all the people of that region or district, that they might scour the
country, and hunt out David from all his haunts....
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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
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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...
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The treachery of the Keilites
7. _hath delivered him_ Lit. _hath rejected him and delivered him_. So
blind was Saul as to imagine that it was not himself but David whom
God had rejected. The Sept. re...
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_David's and Jonathan's Meeting._ 1 Samuel 23:7-18
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 tow...
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_AND SAUL CALLED ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WAR, TO GO DOWN TO KEILAH,
TO BESIEGE DAVID AND HIS MEN._
Saul called all the people - not the united tribes of Israel, but the
inhabitants of the adjoinin...
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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...
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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...
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AND SAUL CALLED ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER. — Such a summons to war on
the part of the sovereign has been always a royal right. The plea, of
course, alleged for this “summons” was the necessity of an
imm...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_People, in the neighbourhood. It is hardly probable that all Israel
should be put in motion to take a few men. (Calmet)_...
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(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 th...
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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...
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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...
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AND SAUL CALLED ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WAR,.... Or "caused [them]
to hear" m summoned them by an herald, whom he sent into all parts of
the kingdom to proclaim war, and require them in his name to...
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And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah,
to besiege David and his men.
Ver. 8. _To besiege David and his men._] Rather than to pursue the
Philistines. So the Pope publish...
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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...
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David's Rescue of Keilah...
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And Saul called all the people together to war, formally summoned all
the soldiers of his army, TO GO DOWN TO KEILAH, TO BESIEGE DAVID AND
HIS MEN, and thus to get him into his power....
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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...
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7-13 Well might David complain of his enemies, that they rewarded him
evil for good, and that for his love they were his adversaries. Christ
was used thus basely. David applied to his great Protector...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Samuel 23:8 Saul H7586 called H8085 people H5971 together H8085
(H8762) war H4421 down H3381 (H8800) Keilah...
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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...
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SAUL LEARNS THAT DAVID AND HIS MEN ARE GATHERED IN KEILAH AND SUMMONS
THE TRIBES SO AS TO CAPTURE HIM (1 SAMUEL 23:6).
When news reached Saul that David and his men had delivered Keilah
from the hands...
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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...
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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...
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_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)....
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES
1 Samuel 23:9. “It is evident from these verses that when the will
of God was sought through the Urim and Thummim, the person making the
inquiry placed the matter before...
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ADVENTURES OF DAVID AT KEILAH AND IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH (1 Samuel
23:1).
EXPOSITION
DAVID RESCUES KEILAH, BUT HAS
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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...