1 Samuel 23:8 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 23:8

And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

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ASV

And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

WEB

Then Saul summoned all his troops to go to war at Keilah and besiege David and his men.

YLT

And Saul summoneth the whole of the people to battle, to go down to Keilah, to lay siege unto David and unto his men.

DBT

And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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1 Samuel 23:10
Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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An ungrateful wretch he was, and for ever unworthy to have any service or kindness done him. Well might David complain of his enemies that they rewarded him evil for good, and that for his love they ere his adversaries, Ps. xxxv. Christ was used thus basely, John x.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Saul called all the people together to war--not the united tribes of Israel, but the inhabitants of the adjoining districts. This force was raised, probably, on the ostensible pretext of opposing the Philistines, while, in reality, it was secretly to arouse mischief against David.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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