1 Samuel 23:11

Filipino Cebuano Bible

11 Itugyan ba kaha ako sa mga tawo sa Keila ngadto sa iyang kamot? Molugsong ba kaha si Saul sumala sa nadungog sa imong sulogoon? Oh Jehova, ang Dios sa Israel, ako nagapakilooy kanimo, suginli ang imong sulogoon. Ug si Jehova miingon: Siya molugsong.

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And the Lord: Psalms 50:15, Jeremiah 33:3, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:22 - inquired 2 Samuel 21:1 - of the Lord Psalms 142:4 - refuge Jeremiah 11:18 - the Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hands? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard?.... That is, if David continued there, which is the supposition all proceeds upon. The questions are not orderly put, as may easily be observed, the last should have been first; which shows some perturbation of mind David was in upon hearing the design of Saul against him:

O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant; give an answer by Urim and Thummim, as he did:

and the Lord said, he will come down; if David abode there; that was in his thoughts, in his purpose and design, which the Lord, being omniscient, full well knew, who knows all future contingencies: hence the Jews n gather, that two things are not to be asked together; and if they are asked, only answer is made to one, and the answer is only made to that which it was proper to ask first; and that which is asked out of order should be asked again, which was the case here, as follows.

n T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 73. 1, 2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 23:11-12. In these verses we find the following questions and answers: - David said, Will Saul come down to Keilah? And the Lord said, He will come down. Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up. In this short history we find an ample proof that there is such a thing as contingency in human affairs; that is, God has poised many things between a possibility of being and not being, leaving it to the will of the creature to turn the scale. In the above answers of the Lord the following conditions were evidently implied: - IF thou continue in Keilah, Saul will certainly come down; and IF Saul come down, the men of Keilah will deliver thee into his hands. Now though the text positively asserts that Saul would come to Keilah, yet he did not come; and that the men of Keilah would deliver David into his hand, yet David was not thus delivered to him. And why? Because David left Keilah; but had he stayed, Saul would have come down, and the men of Keilah would have betrayed David. We may observe from this that, however positive a declaration of God may appear that refers to any thing in which man is to be employed, the prediction is not intended to suspend or destroy free agency, but always comprehends in it some particular condition.