1 Samuel 23:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. ”

1 Samuel 23:5 - 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 23:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. Brought away thei...
1 Samuel 23:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Samuel 23:5 - 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 23:5 - 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 23:5 - 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 23:5 - 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 23:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(5) So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. What a bless...
1 Samuel 23:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So David and his men went to Keilah ,.... Animated by a commission from God, and a promise of success by him: and fought with the Philistines ; encamped before Keilah: and brought away their cat...
1 Samuel 23:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. Ver. 5. And br...
1 Samuel 23:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So David and his men went to Keilah , &c. “His success on this occasion was very extraordinary; he saved the city and the inhabitants; he delivered the country all around from the ravages of the...
1 Samuel 23:5 - 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 23:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Delivers Keilah. B. C. 1057. 1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistin...
1 Samuel 23:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Philistines had either brought their cattle out of their land, or had taken from the Israelites in their march, for the sustenance of their army.
1 Samuel 23:5 - 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 23:5 - 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 23:5 - 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 23:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Arise, go down to Keilah. The training in the wilderness The contrast between David at Nob or Gath and at Hareth and Keilah is most marked. 1. It is God’s will he desires to know ( 1 Samuel...
1 Samuel 23:5 - 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 23:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Rescue of Keilah

1 Samuel 23:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 23:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 23:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 23:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 23:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 23:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 23:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 23:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 23:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 23:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 23:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 23:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 23:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 23:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 23:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 23:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann