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 David their countryman; but having served themselves of him, they soon proved false hearted to him, and would have made him an ill requital. 1Sa 23:12 In trust I have found treason, said Queen Elizabeth. a
And they rob the threshingfloors.] Vatablus hath it, Horrea, the barns. Horreum ab hauriendo, barns and threshingfloors were without the city, as Judges 6:11, but necessary appendages to it.
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