1 Samuel 23:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. ”

1 Samuel 23:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If Gad was with David at the forest of Hareth 1 Samuel 22:5 , and there inquired for him of the Lord 1 Samuel 23:2 , 1 Samuel 23:4 , but did not accompany him to Keilah, and if Abiathar’s flight...
1 Samuel 23:2 - 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 23:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4.
1 Samuel 23:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. Therefore David inquired of the Lor...
1 Samuel 23:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

David enquired of the Lord, &c.— This was one of the noblest adventures of David's life, and perhaps the most extraordinary of any recorded in history. The Philistines, probably encouraged by D...
1 Samuel 23:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. David inquired of the Lord...
1 Samuel 23:2 - 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 23:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

David enquired of the Lord. — The enquiry was not made of the priest wearing the ephod, by means of the Urim and Thummim, for, according to 1 Samuel 23:6 , Abiathar, the high priest who succeeded...
1 Samuel 23:2 - 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 23:2 - 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 23:2 - 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 23:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. (2) Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Phili...
1 Samuel 23:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore David inquired of the Lord, saying, shall I go and smite these Philistines ?.... For though David was well disposed to serve his country, and was desirous of freeing them from their enemie...
1 Samuel 23:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. Ver. 2. Therefore David inquired...
1 Samuel 23:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David inquired of the Lord In what way he made inquiry is not certain, as it seems from 1Sa 23:6 that Abiathar had not yet brought to David the sacred ephod, with all things belonging to it that we...
1 Samuel 23:2 - 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 23:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Delivers Keilah. B. C. 1057. 1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistin...
1 Samuel 23:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

David inquired of the Lord; either by Abiathar; or rather, by Gad, who was a prophet, 2 Samuel 24:11 , and David's seer, 1 Chronicles 21:9 , and was now with David, 1 Samuel 22:5 ; for Abi...
1 Samuel 23:2 - 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 23:2 - 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 23:2 - 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 23:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Shall I go? The leadings of Providence David lived under the Mosaic dispensation. Now, that dispensation, as it was remarkable for many extraordinary circumstances, was so more especially for t...
1 Samuel 23:2 - 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 23:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Rescue of Keilah
1 Samuel 23:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 14:10 ; 1 Samuel 23:4 ; 1 Samuel 23:6 ; 1 Samuel 23:9-12 ; 1 Samuel 30:8 ; 2 Samuel 5:19 ; 2 Samuel 5:23 ; Jeremiah 10:23 ; Joshua 9:14 ; Judges 1:1 ; Numbers 27:21 ; Proverb...

1 Samuel 23:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 23:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 23:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 23:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 23:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 23:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 23:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 23:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 23:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 23:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 23:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 23:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 23:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 23:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 23:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 23:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 23:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 23:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 23:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge