1 Samuel 23:1

1 Samuel 23:1-6. The rescue of Keilah

1. Then they told David Simply, And they told. There is no mark of time. The appeal to David shews that he was growing to be regarded as the champion of Israel.

Keilah A fortified city (v, 7), named in Joshua 15:44 as one of a group of cities in the Shephêlahor "Lowland," which included the low limestone hills bordering on the Philistine plain. It was perched on a steep hill above the valley of Elah, about three miles south of Adullam, where the name Kilastill survives to mark the site.

they rob the threshing floors This indicates that the raid took place immediately after harvest, when the corn was stacked by the floors ready for threshing.