1 Samuel 23:4
Then David inquired of the Lord yet again. The Lord answered him, and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand."
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Judges 6:39Gideon said to God, "Do not let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make one more test with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."
Judges 7:9It happened the same night, that the Lord said to him, "Arise, get down into the camp; for I have delivered it into your hand.
1 Samuel 28:6When Saul inquired of the Lord, The Lord did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
2 Samuel 5:19David inquired of the Lord, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?"The Lord said to David, "Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your hand."
1 Chronicles 14:10David inquired of God, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?"The Lord said to him, "Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand."
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 →