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1 Samuel 23

1 Sam. 23:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then they told
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Behold, the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
fight
lacham (Hebrew #3898)
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
KJV usage: devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Pronounce: law-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
against Keilah
Q`iylah (Hebrew #7084)
citadel; Keilah, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Keilah.
Pronounce: keh-ee-law'
Origin: perhaps from 7049 in the sense of inclosing
a, and they rob
shacah (Hebrew #8154)
a primitive root; to plunder
KJV usage: destroyer, rob, spoil(-er).
Pronounce: shaw-saw'
Origin: or shasah (Isa. 10:13) {shaw-saw'}
the threshingfloors
goren (Hebrew #1637)
a threshing- floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area
KJV usage: (barn, corn, threshing- )floor, (threshing-, void) place.
Pronounce: go'-ren
Origin: from an unused root meaning to smooth
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Josh. 15:44• 44And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: (Josh. 15:44)

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Cross References

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1-6:  David, enquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, rescues Keilah.
7-13:  God shewing him the coming of Saul, and the treachery of the Keilites, he escapes from Keilah.
14-18:  In Ziph Jonathan comes and comforts him.
19-24:  The Ziphites discover him to Saul.
25-28:  At Maon he is rescued from Saul by the invasion of the Philistines.
29:  He dwells at En-gedi.
Keilah.Keilah was a city of Judah, situated, according to Eusebius, eight miles from Eleutheropolis, towards Hebron.
Sozomen says that the prophet Habakkuk's tomb was shewn there.
Josh. 15:44• 44And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: (Josh. 15:44)
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Neh. 3:17‑18• 17After 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.
 18After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah. (Neh. 3:17‑18)
rob the.
Lev. 26:16• 16I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. (Lev. 26:16)
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Deut. 28:33,51• 33The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
 51And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. (Deut. 28:33,51)
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Judg. 6:4,11• 4And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
 11And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. (Judg. 6:4,11)
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Mic. 6:15• 15Thou 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. (Mic. 6:15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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