keilah And {Keilah}, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: keilah <1SA23 -1> Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against {Keilah}, and they rob the threshingfloors. keilah <1SA23 -2> Therefore David inquired 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}. keilah <1SA23 -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? keilah <1SA23 -4> Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to {Keilah}: for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. keilah <1SA23 -5> So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of {Keilah}. keilah <1SA23 -5> So David and his men went to {Keilah}, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. keilah <1SA23 -6> And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to {Keilah}, [that] he came down [with] an ephod in his hand. keilah <1SA23 -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 town that hath gates and bars. keilah <1SA23 -8> And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to {Keilah}, to besiege David and his men. keilah <1SA23 -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. keilah <1SA23 -11> Will the men of {Keilah} deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. keilah <1SA23 -12> Then said David, Will the men of {Keilah} deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver [thee] up. keilah <1SA23 -13> Then David and his men, [which were] about six hundred, arose and departed out of {Keilah}, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth. keilah <1SA23 -13> Then David and his men, [which were] about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from {Keilah}; and he forbare to go forth. keilah <1CH4 -19> And the sons of [his] wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of {Keilah} the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. keilah 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. keilah After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of {Keilah}. ~~~~~~