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Text -- 1 Samuel 23:1-11 (NET)
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David Delivers the City of Keilah
23:1 They told David , “The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing floors .”
23:2 So David asked the Lord , “Should I go and strike down these Philistines ?” The Lord said to David , “Go , strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah .”
23:3 But David’s men said to him, “We are afraid while we are still here in Judah ! What will it be like if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines ?”
23:4 So David asked the Lord once again . But again the Lord replied , “Arise , go down to Keilah , for I will give the Philistines into your hand .”
23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines . He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah .
David Eludes Saul Again
23:6 Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah , he had brought with him an ephod .
23:7 When Saul was told that David had come to Keilah , Saul said , “God has delivered him into my hand , for he has boxed himself into a corner by entering a city with two barred gates .”
23:8 So Saul mustered all his army to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men .
23:9 When David realized that Saul was planning to harm him, he told Abiathar the priest , “Bring the ephod !”
23:10 Then David said , “O Lord God of Israel , your servant has clearly heard that Saul is planning to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.
23:11 Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me into his hand ? Will Saul come down as your servant has heard ? O Lord God of Israel , please inform your servant !” Then the Lord said , “He will come down .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
David |
Keilah |
URIM AND THUMMIM |
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF |
Saul |
Armies |
Ingratitude |
Malice |
High priest |
Abiathar |
PALESTINE, 2 |
OMNISCIENCE |
ARMY |
Foreknowledge of God |
Teraphim |
God |
EPHOD (1) |
Prayer |
FOREKNOW; FOREKNOWLEDGE |
GOD, 2 |
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