1 Samuel 23:1

Translations

Modern

Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”

Traditional

Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

Literal

And they declared to David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing floors.”

Latin

Et annuntiaverunt David, dicentes: Ecce Philisthiim oppugnant Ceilam et diripiunt areas.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”

Notes

1 Samuel 23:1

Keilah was near Adullam (1 Samuel 22:1). It was at the western edge of Judah, near the Philistine border (see Joshua 15:44; Nehemiah 3:17–18).

1 Samuel 23:1–29

Because Saul received reports from informants, he was able to continue pursuing David (1 Samuel 23:7,13). David also had informants, which helped him stay ahead of Saul (1 Samuel 23:1, 9, 15, 25). David’s greatest advantage was that he could seek guidance and help from God, which Saul did not have (1 Samuel 23:2, 4, 12).

Theme notes and profiles

Abiathar David Saul The Philistines David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders

Events

Reign of Saul

Related verses

Joshua 15:44
Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
Nehemiah 3:17–18
Next to him, the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani, and next to him, Hashabiah, ruler of a half-district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
Micah 6:15
You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
Leviticus 26:16
…then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
Deuteronomy 28:51
They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.
Deuteronomy 28:33
A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
Judges 6:4
…encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.
Judges 6:11
Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ

Places

Keilah: A town in the Shephelah of Judah, rescued by David Philistia: An ancient people and region in Canaan

Glossary

David John the Baptist Keilah (Place) Philistia, Philistines Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

David: King of Israel: Saves Keilah Philistines Make a Predatory Excursion Against, After Harvest Saul: Hears Doeg Against Ahimelech Sieges: Keilah The Philistines: David: Often Defeated During Saul's Reign Threshing: Floors For Threshing: The Place For: Often Robbed

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