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1 Samuel 23

1 Sam. 23:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore 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)
inquired
sha'al (Hebrew #7592)
a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Pronounce: shaw-al'
Origin: or shael {shaw-ale'}
b of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, 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
, Shall I go
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
and smite
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
these Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
? And the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
said
'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
unto 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)
, Go
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
, and smite
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
, and save
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
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
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1 Sam. 23:4,6,9• 4{i}And David inquired of Jehovah yet again{/i}. And Jehovah answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
 6{i}And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.{/i}
 9And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him, {i}he said to Abiathar the priest{/i}, Bring hither the ephod. (1 Sam. 23:4,6,9)
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1 Sam. 30:8• 8And David inquired at Jehovah, saying, shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? {i}And he said to him,{/i} Pursue, for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. (1 Sam. 30:8)
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2 Sam. 5:19,23• 19{i}And David{/i} inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? {i}wilt thou give them into my hand?{/i} And Jehovah said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
 23{i}And David inquired of Jehovah; and he said,{/i} Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. (2 Sam. 5:19,23)

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enquired.In what way David made this enquiry we are not told; but it was probably by means of Abiathar; and therefore it would seem, that with Houbigant, we should read the sixth verse immediately after the first.--This adventure was truly noble and patriotic.
Had not David loved his country, and been above all motives of private and personal revenge, he would have rejoiced in this invasion of Judea, as producing a strong diversion in his favour, and embroiling his inveterate enemy. In most cases, a man with David's wrongs would have joined with the enemies of his country, and avenged himself on the author of his calamities; but he thinks of nothing but succouring Keilah, and using his power and influence in behalf of his brethren.
1 Sam. 23:4,6,9‑12• 4{i}And David inquired of Jehovah yet again{/i}. And Jehovah answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
 6{i}And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.{/i}
 9And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him, {i}he said to Abiathar the priest{/i}, Bring hither the ephod.
 10Then said David, O Jehovah God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
 11Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Jehovah God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.
 12Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver thee up. (1 Sam. 23:4,6,9‑12)
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1 Sam. 30:8• 8And David inquired at Jehovah, saying, shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? {i}And he said to him,{/i} Pursue, for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. (1 Sam. 30:8)
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Num. 27:21• 21{i}And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him, by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, he, and all the children of Israel with him, even the whole assembly.{/i} (Num. 27:21)
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Josh. 9:14• 14And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of God. (Josh. 9:14)
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Judg. 1:1• 1{i}And it came to pass after the death of Joshua that the children of Israel asked Jehovah, saying, Which of us shall go up against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?{/i} (Judg. 1:1)
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2 Sam. 5:19,23• 19{i}And David{/i} inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? {i}wilt thou give them into my hand?{/i} And Jehovah said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
 23{i}And David inquired of Jehovah; and he said,{/i} Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. (2 Sam. 5:19,23)
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1 Chron. 14:10• 10And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And Jehovah said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. (1 Chron. 14:10)
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Psa. 32:8• 8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go;{HR}I will fix mine eye upon thee. (Psa. 32:8)
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Prov. 3:5‑6• 5Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,{HR}And lean not unto thine own discernment;
 6In all thy ways acknowledge him,{HR}And he shall make straight thy paths. (Prov. 3:5‑6)
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Jer. 10:23• 23{i}I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.{/i} (Jer. 10:23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said to David, Go and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

W. Kelly Translation

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And David inquired of Jehovah, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)