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1 Samuel 23:1

DavidKeilah
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

2 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

3 And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

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BSB
Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
KJV
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
WEB
David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”
ASV
And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors.
DARBY
And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.
BLB
And they declared to David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing floors.”
ÅB
Så kom det noen og sa til David: Filistrene har nå kringsatt Ke'ila, og de plyndrer låvene.
OTB
Da fortalte de David: "Se, filisterne kjemper mot Ke'ila og plyndrer treskeplassene."
B1930
Så kom det nogen og sa til David: Filistrene har nu kringsatt Ke'ila, og de plyndrer låvene.

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Cross references

  • Joshua 15:44

    And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:

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  • Nehemiah 3:17–18

    After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.

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  • Micah 6:15

    Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:33

    The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

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  • Deuteronomy 28:51

    And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

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  • Judges 6:4

    And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

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  • Leviticus 26:16

    I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

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  • Judges 6:11

    And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

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