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1 Samuel 23

1 S. 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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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.
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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.