1 Samuel 23:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

1 Samuel 23:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

David’s growing importance, fugitive as he was, is marked by this appeal to him for deliverance from the Philistines. The “threshing floors” were the natural objects of plunder Judges 6:11 . Keila...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against (a) Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. (a) Which was a city in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:44 ).
1 Samuel 23:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23. David Escapes from Saul (J). 1 Samuel 23:1-13 . David hears that the Philistines are raiding the territory of Keilah (p. 31), a little S. of Adullam. He ascertains by oracles, proba...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold . Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
1 Samuel 23:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. The Philistines fight against Keilah - Keilah was a fortified town in the tribe of Judah...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then they told David— Or, Now they had told.
1 Samuel 23:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. Then they told ... the Philistines fight against Keilah - rather 'now they had to...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David delivers Keilah and afterwards retires to the Wilderness of Ziph and maon 6. With an ephod in his hand ] This is inserted to explain how it was that David was able to enquire of the Lord...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then they told David.... — For this and like duties the prophet Gad ( 1 Samuel 22:5 ) had summoned David to return with his armed band to Judah. There was a great work ready to his hand in his own...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXX. DAVID AT KEILAH, ZIPH, AND MAON. 1 Samuel 23:1-29 . THE period of David's life shortly sketched in this chapter, must have been full of trying and exciting events. If we knew all...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Success and Safety under God's Guidance 1 Samuel 23:1-14 We learn here that those who are called to walk in the maze of human life need to look constantly upward for direction. “It is not in ma...
1 Samuel 23:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The series of happenings recorded in this chapter reveals most vividly the appalling condition of affairs in the kingdom. Saul, still nominally king, filled with hatred for David, was devoting all h...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This is an interesting Chapter, and it contains some sweet practical instructions to the exercised believer, in his views of what is here recorded in the life of David. Saul is still pursui...
1 Samuel 23:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then they told David ,.... Either the men of Keilah sent to him, being near them, or some well wishers of theirs, and of their country, acquainted him with their case: saying, behold, the Philisti...
1 Samuel 23:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. Ver. 1. Then they told David. ] The men of Keilah in the land of Judah seek help of Da...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then they told Or rather, Now they had told David. For it is evident from 1 Samuel 23:6 , that David had received the information here referred to, and had even delivered the inhabitants of Keil...
1 Samuel 23:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David remains devoted to his people Israel. It is disturbing to him to hear that the Philistines were fighting against Keilah and robbing grain from the threshing floors. Saul shows no concern for th...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Delivers Keilah. B. C. 1057. 1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistin...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 23 David, inquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, rescueth Keilah, and goeth into it, 1 Samuel 23:1-6 . God showing him the coming of Saul, and treachery of the Kennites, 1 Samuel...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Delivers Keilah From The Philistines ( 1 Samuel 23:1-5 ). The last we heard David and his men were in the Forest of Hareth (whereabouts unknown). If they were still there when Abiathar sough...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES — 1 Samuel 22:1 . “ Keilah .” A city of Judah, mentioned in Joshua 15:44 , and identified by Lieut. Van de Velde with a site containing ruins, and now called Kila, a...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 23:1 . Keilah, a walled town in the south of Judah, near the sources of the brook Besor. 1 Samuel 23:4 . David enquired of the Lord yet again. Gideon also asked a double sign in time...
1 Samuel 23:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

ADVENTURES OF DAVID AT KEILAH AND IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH ( 1 Samuel 23:1-9 ). EXPOSITION DAVID RESCUES KEILAH , BUT HAS TO ESCAPE FROM THE TREACHERY...
1 Samuel 23:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then they told David, he received information, saying, Behold, the Philistines, a strong band of their raiders, fight against Keilah, a city evidently in the lowland of Judah, near the Philistine...
1 Samuel 23:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:33 ; Deuteronomy 28:51 ; Joshua 15:44 ; Judges 6:11 ; Judges 6:4 ; Leviticus 26:16 ; Micah 6:15 ; Nehemiah 3:17 ; Nehemiah 3:18
1 Samuel 23:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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,...

1 Samuel 23:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 23:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 23:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 23:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 23:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 23:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 23:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 23:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 23:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 23:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 23:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 23:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 23:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 23:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 23:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 23:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 23:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 23:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 23:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 23:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes