Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 23:8
Verse 1 Samuel 23:8. Saul called all the people together] That is, all the people of that region or district, that they might scour the country, and hunt out David from all his haunts.
Verse 1 Samuel 23:8. Saul called all the people together] That is, all the people of that region or district, that they might scour the country, and hunt out David from all his haunts.
CHAPTER 23 _ 1. The victory over the Philistines at Keilah (1 Samuel 23:1)_ 2. In the wilderness of Ziph (1 Samuel 23:14) 3. Saul's return (1 Samuel 23:27) Keilah was about six miles sou
1 SAMUEL 23. DAVID ESCAPES FROM SAUL (J). 1 Samuel 23:1. David hears that the Philistines are raiding the territory of Keilah (p. 31), a little S. of Adullam. He ascertains by oracles, probably using...
The treachery of the Keilites 7. _hath delivered him_ Lit. _hath rejected him and delivered him_. So blind was Saul as to imagine that it was not himself but David whom God had rejected. The Sept. re...
_David's and Jonathan's Meeting._ 1 Samuel 23:7-18 7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a tow...
_AND SAUL CALLED ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WAR, TO GO DOWN TO KEILAH, TO BESIEGE DAVID AND HIS MEN._ Saul called all the people - not the united tribes of Israel, but the inhabitants of the adjoinin...
DAVID DELIVERS KEILAH AND AFTERWARDS RETIRES TO THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH AND MAON 6. _With_ AN EPHOD IN HIS HAND] This is inserted to explain how it was that David was able to enquire of the LORD: see...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 23 DAVID SAVES THE TOWN OF KEILAH V1 Someone told David that the *Philistines were attacking the town of Keilah. And they were stealing the g...
AND SAUL CALLED ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER. — Such a summons to war on the part of the sovereign has been always a royal right. The plea, of course, alleged for this “summons” was the necessity of an imm...
וַ יְשַׁמַּ֥ע שָׁא֛וּל אֶת ־כָּל ־הָ עָ֖ם
CHAPTER XXX. _ DAVID AT KEILAH, ZIPH, AND MAON._ 1 Samuel 23:1. THE period of David's life shortly sketched in this chapter, must have been full of trying and exciting events. If we knew all the det...
SUCCESS AND SAFETY UNDER GOD'S GUIDANCE 1 Samuel 23:1 We learn here that those who are called to walk in the maze of human life need to look constantly upward for direction. “It is not in man that wa...
The series of happenings recorded in this chapter reveals most vividly the appalling condition of affairs in the kingdom. Saul, still nominally king, filled with hatred for David, was devoting all hi...
_People, in the neighbourhood. It is hardly probable that all Israel should be put in motion to take a few men. (Calmet)_...
(8) And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. (9) And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar th...
We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...
David, despised as he may be, is the king and saviour of the people; he puts the Philistines to flight with great slaughter. He finds nothing but treachery in Israel, of which Saul makes use in the ho...
AND SAUL CALLED ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WAR,.... Or "caused [them] to hear" m summoned them by an herald, whom he sent into all parts of the kingdom to proclaim war, and require them in his name to...
And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. Ver. 8. _To besiege David and his men._] Rather than to pursue the Philistines. So the Pope publish...
1 Dauid enquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, rescueth Keilah. 7 God shewing him the comming of Saul and the trecherie of the Keilites, he escapeth from Keilah. 14 In Ziph Ionathan commeth and comforte...
And Saul called all the people together to war, formally summoned all the soldiers of his army, TO GO DOWN TO KEILAH, TO BESIEGE DAVID AND HIS MEN, and thus to get him into his power....
David's Rescue of Keilah...
David remains devoted to his people Israel. It is disturbing to him to hear that the Philistines were fighting against Keilah and robbing grain from the threshing floors. Saul shows no concern for the...
7-13 Well might David complain of his enemies, that they rewarded him evil for good, and that for his love they were his adversaries. Christ was used thus basely. David applied to his great Protector...
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1 Samuel 23:8 Saul H7586 called H8085 people H5971 together H8085 (H8762) war H4421 down H3381 (H8800) Keilah...
SAUL LEARNS THAT DAVID AND HIS MEN ARE GATHERED IN KEILAH AND SUMMONS THE TRIBES SO AS TO CAPTURE HIM (1 SAMUEL 23:6). When news reached Saul that David and his men had delivered Keilah from the hands...
SECTION 4 SUBSECTION B. DAVID DELIVERS KEILAH FROM AN INVASION BY THE PHILISTINES, IS VISITED BY JONATHAN, AND EVADES CAPTURE BY SAUL (1 SAMUEL 23:1) a David Delivers Keilah From An Invasion By The...
CONTENTS: Wanderings and adventures of David. CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul, Jonathan, Abiathar. CONCLUSION: Whatever befalls us, if we acknowledge God in all our ways and seek direction from Him, Go...
1 Samuel 23:1. _Keilah,_ a walled town in the south of Judah, near the sources of the brook Besor. 1 Samuel 23:4. _David enquired of the Lord yet again._ Gideon also asked a double sign in time of fe...
_Arise, go down to Keilah._ THE TRAINING IN THE WILDERNESS The contrast between David at Nob or Gath and at Hareth and Keilah is most marked. 1. It is God’s will he desires to know (1 Samuel 23:4)....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 1 Samuel 23:9. “It is evident from these verses that when the will of God was sought through the Urim and Thummim, the person making the inquiry placed the matter before...
ADVENTURES OF DAVID AT KEILAH AND IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPH (1 Samuel 23:1). EXPOSITION DAVID RESCUES KEILAH, BUT HAS
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they're robbing their threshingfloors. So David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philisti...