1 Samuel 23:5

וַיֵּלֶךְ דָּוִד ואנשו קְעִילָה וַיִּלָּחֶם בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיִּנְהַג אֶת ־ מִקְנֵיהֶם וַיַּךְ בָּהֶם מַכָּה גְדוֹלָה וַיֹּשַׁע דָּוִד אֵת יֹשְׁבֵי קְעִילָֽה ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4וַיּוֹסֶף עוֹד דָּוִד לִשְׁאֹל בַּֽיהוָה ס וַֽיַּעֲנֵהוּ יְהוָה וַיֹּאמֶר קוּם רֵד קְעִילָה כִּֽי ־ אֲנִי נֹתֵן אֶת ־ פְּלִשְׁתִּים בְּיָדֶֽךָ ׃

6וַיְהִי בִּבְרֹחַ אֶבְיָתָר בֶּן ־ אֲחִימֶלֶךְ אֶל ־ דָּוִד קְעִילָה אֵפוֹד יָרַד בְּיָדֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:40וַתַּזְרֵנִי חַיִל לַמִּלְחָמָה תַּכְרִיעַ קָמַי תַּחְתֵּֽנִי ׃

Psalms 38:20וְֽאֹיְבַי חַיִּים עָצֵמוּ וְרַבּוּ שֹׂנְאַי שָֽׁקֶר ׃

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 23:2-7

David Delivers Keilah. ( b. c. 1057.) 1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. 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. 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 enquired of the Lord yet again. And the… Read the whole commentary →

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