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1 Samuel 23:1
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Y dieron aviso a David, diciendo: He aquí, los filisteos están atacando a Keila, y están saqueando las eras.
Y dieron aviso a David, diciendo: He aquí que los filisteos combaten a Keila, y roban las eras.
Y dieron aviso a David, diciendo: He aquí que los filisteos combaten a Keila, y roban las eras.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Keilah: Keilah was a city of Judah, situated, according to Eusebius, eight miles from Eleutheropolis, towards Hebron. Sozomen says that the prophet Habakkuk's tomb was shewn there. Joshua 15:44, Nehemiah 3:17, Nehemiah 3:18
rob the: Leviticus 26:16, Deuteronomy 28:33, Deuteronomy 28:51, Judges 6:4, Judges 6:11, Micah 6:15
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 22:4 - in the hold 1 Samuel 23:2 - inquired 1 Chronicles 4:19 - Keilah
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then they told David,.... Either the men of Keilah sent to him, being near them, or some well wishers of theirs, and of their country, acquainted him with their case:
saying, behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah; had laid siege to it, being a fortified place, 1 Samuel 23:7; it was a city in the tribe of Judah, on the borders of the Philistines; of which
1 Samuel 23:7- :;
and they rob the threshing floors; took away the corn upon them, which they were threshing and winnowing, which were usually done without the city for the sake of wind, see Judges 6:11; it was harvest time when the three mighty men came to David in the cave of Adullam, and so now it might be the time of threshing, harvest being over, see
1 Samuel 22:1; compared with 2 Samuel 23:13.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
David’s growing importance, fugitive as he was, is marked by this appeal to him for deliverance from the Philistines. The “threshing floors” were the natural objects of plunder Judges 6:11. Keilah was in the Shephelah (marginal reference), probably close to the Philistine border, but its site is uncertain.
Joshua 2:11 Samuel Joshua 23:1 Philippians 1:0
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXIII
David succours Keilah, besieged by the Philistines; defeats
them, and delivers the city, 1-6.
Saul, hearing that David was at Keilah, determines to come and
seize him, 7, 8.
David inquires of the Lord concerning the fidelity of the men of
Keilah towards him; is informed that if he stays in the city,
the men of Keilah will betray him to Saul, 9-12.
David and his men escape from the city, and come to the
wilderness of Ziph, 13-15.
Jonathan meets David in the wood of Ziph, strengthens his hand
in God, and they renew their covenant, 16-18.
The Ziphites endeavour to betray David to Saul, but he and his
men escape to Maon, 19-22.
Saul comes to Maon; and having surrounded the mountain on which
David and his men were, they must inevitably have fallen into
his hands, had not a messenger come to call Saul to the succour
of Judah, then invaded by the Philistines, 25-27.
Saul leaves the pursuit of David, and goes to succour the land;
and David escapes to En-gedi, 28, 29.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXIII
Verse 1 Samuel 23:1. The Philistines fight against Keilah — Keilah was a fortified town in the tribe of Judah near to Eleutheropolis, on the road to Hebron.
Rob the threshing-floors. — This was an ancient custom of the Philistines, Midianites, and others. See Judges 6:4. When the corn was ripe and fit to be threshed, and they had collected it at the threshing-floors, which were always in the open field, then their enemies came upon them and spoiled them of the fruits of their harvest.
