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1 Samuel 23:1

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

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ASV

And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors.

KJV

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

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּגִּ֥דוּvai.ya.Gi.duand people toldH5046 →
לְדָוִ֖דle.da.Vidto DavidH1732 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
הִנֵּ֤הhi.Nehthere!H2009 →
פְלִשְׁתִּים֙fe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430 →
נִלְחָמִ֣יםnil.cha.Mim[are] fightingH3898 →
בִּקְעִילָ֔הbik.'i.Lahagainst KeilahH7084 →
וְהֵ֖מָּהve.He.mahand theyH1992 →
שֹׁסִ֥יםsho.Sim[are] plunderingH8154 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַגֳּרָנֽוֹת׃ha.go.ra.Notthe threshing floorsH1637 →

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Joshua 15:44Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.Micah 6:15You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.Nehemiah 3:17–18Next 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.Deuteronomy 28:33A 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.Deuteronomy 28:51They 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.Leviticus 26:16then 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.Judges 6:4encamping 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 6:11Then 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.

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