1 Samuel 23:10

Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּאמֶר֮ vai.yo.Mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
David	דָּוִד֒ da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
servant	עַבְדְּךָ֔ 'av.de.Kha	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
certainly	שָׁמֹ֤עַ sha.Mo.a'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal infinitive absolute
heard	שָׁמַע֙ sha.Ma'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Saul	שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul	H7586	Shaul · proper noun, a man's name
seeketh	מְבַקֵּ֥שׁ me.va.Kesh	H1245	to search out (by any method · verb, piel active participle, masculine singular absolute
come	לָב֣וֹא la.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Keilah	קְעִילָ֑ה ke.'i.Lah	H7084	Keilah · proper noun, a place name
destroy	לְשַׁחֵ֥ת le.sha.Chet	H7843	to decay · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
city	לָעִ֖יר la.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 18:24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are there…
1 Samuel 22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and…
1 Samuel 23:8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
Esther 3:6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all t…
Proverbs 28:15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Romans 3:15-16 Their feet are swift to shed blood:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 23:7-13

Here is, I. Saul contriving within himself the destruction of David (Sa1 23:7, Sa1 23:8): He heard that he had come to Keilah; and did he not hear what brought him thither? Was it not told him that he had bravely relieved Keilah and delivered it out of the hands of the Philistines? This, one would think, should have put Saul upon considering what honour and dignity should be done to David for this. But, instead of that, he catches at it as an opportunity of doing David a mischief. An ungrateful wretch he was, and for ever unworthy to have any service or kindness done him. Well might David complain of his enemies that they rewarded him evil for good, and that for his love they ere his adversa…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 23:9

he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod--The consultation was made, and the prayer uttered, by means of the priest. The alternative conditions here described have often been referred to as illustrating the doctrine of God's foreknowledge and preordination of events.

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 23:9

Bring hither the ephod - It seems as if David himself, clothed with the ephod, had consulted the Lord; and Sa1 23:10-12 contain the words of the consultation, and the Lord's answer. But see on Sa1 23:2 (note).

John Gill on 1 Samuel 23:10

Then said David,.... By the priest, for it was he that put the questions for and in the name of the inquirer: O Lord God of Israel; the great Jehovah, the covenant God of his people, who always has a merciful regard unto them: thy servant hath certainly heard; had good information of it, on which he could depend: that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah; that was his intention and resolution: to destroy the city for my sake; to besiege it, and demolish it, if that was necessary, in order to take him.

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 23:1-14

Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Foreknowledge of God — Acts 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2), one of those high attributes essentially appertaining to him the full import of which we cannot comprehend. In the most absolute sense his knowledge is…
Keilah — Citadel, a city in the lowlands of Judah (Josh. 15:44). David rescued it from the attack of the Philistines (1 Sam. 23:1-8); but the inhabitants proving unfaithful to him, in that they sought to…
Ephod, The · For the high priest: Worn or held by him when consulted — For the high priest: Worn or held by him when consulted
High Priest, The · Duties of: Enquiring of God by Urim and Thummim — Duties of: Enquiring of God by Urim and Thummim
Ingratitude · .Men of Keilah to David — .Men of Keilah to David
Keilah · .David rescues — .David rescues
Urim And Thummin · Instances of consulting God by — Instances of consulting God by

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Samuel 23:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 23:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 23:9

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 23:9

John Gill on 1 Samuel 23:10

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 23:1-14

Dictionary and topics

1 Samuel 23:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 23:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 23:9

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 23:9

John Gill on 1 Samuel 23:10

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 23:1-14

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 23:7

Rashi on 1 Samuel 23:9