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Hebrew Modern Translation

שמואל א 23:3

ויאמרו אנשי דוד אליו הנה אנחנו פה ביהודה יראים ואף כי נלך קעלה אל מערכות פלשתים׃

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   David;   Keilah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Keilah;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Keilah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - David;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hereth;   Keilah;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Urim and Thummim;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Wisdom of Christ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Keilah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Rock;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Keilah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adullam;   Army;   Urim and Thummim;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Inspiration;   Keilah;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
ויאמרו אנשי דוד אליו הנה אנחנו פה ביהודה יראים ואף כי נלך קעלה אל מערכות פלשתים {ס}
Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י דָוִד֙ אֵלָ֔יו הִנֵּ֨ה אֲנַ֥חְנוּ פֹ֛ה בִּֽיהוּדָ֖ה יְרֵאִ֑ים וְאַף֙ כִּֽי־נֵלֵ֣ךְ קְעִלָ֔ה אֶל־מַֽעַרְכֹ֖ות פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים ׃ ס
Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי דָוִד אֵלָיו הִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ פֹה בִּֽיהוּדָה יְרֵאִים וְאַף כִּֽי־נֵלֵךְ קְעִלָה אֶל־מַֽעַרְכוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים ׃ ס

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Behold: 1 Samuel 23:15, 1 Samuel 23:23, 1 Samuel 23:26, Psalms 11:1, Jeremiah 12:5

Reciprocal: Proverbs 20:8 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David's men said unto him, behold, we be afraid here in Judah,.... Of Saul and his army falling upon them, and crushing them, though they were in the tribe of Judah, where they had many friends, and in the heart of that tribe:

how much more then if we come to Keilah; which, though in the same tribe, yet in the further parts of it, and on the borders of the Philistines: and there engage

against the armies of the Philistines? too numerous and powerful for them, and so by this means be driven out of their place of safety, the forest of Hareth, where they could hide themselves upon occasion; to be exposed not only to the Philistines, before them, on the edge of their country, from whence they could have re-enforcements easily, but to Saul and his army behind them; and so, being between two fires, would be in danger of being cut off.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If Gad was with David at the forest of Hareth 1 Samuel 22:5, and there inquired for him of the Lord 1 Samuel 23:2,1 Samuel 23:4, but did not accompany him to Keilah, and if Abiathar’s flight occurred at the time of David’s being at Keilah, we have an additional striking instance of God’s watchful providential care of David in thus sending Abiathar to supply the place of Gad at so critical a moment.


 
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