1 Samuel 23:1 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 23:1

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

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

And they declare to David, saying, `Lo, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are spoiling the threshing-floors.'

DBT

And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.

About this book

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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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10 verses on the floor

Joshua 15:44
And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
Micah 6:15
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Nehemiah 3:17–18
After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
1 Chronicles 4:19
And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

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The way for any country to be quiet is to let God's church be quiet in it. If Saul fight against David, the Philistines shall fight against his country. David is forward enough to come in for their relief, but is willing to enquire of the Lord concerning it.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The danger he was thereby brought into from the malice of the prince he served and the treachery of the city he saved, and his deliverance, by divine direction, from that danger,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The Philistines, &c. - Probably it was the departure of God and David from Saul, that encouraged the Philistines to make this inroad. When princes begin to persecute God's people and ministers, let them expect nothing but vexation on all sides.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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