KJV King James Version
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.
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1 Samuel 23:4
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
WEB World English Bible
Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
ASV American Standard Version
Then David inquired of Jehovah yet again. And Jehovah answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David addeth again to ask at Jehovah, and Jehovah answereth him, and saith, ‘Rise, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into thy hand.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 23
1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיּ֨וֹסֶףH3254 · ya.saphto add: againע֤וֹדH5750 · odstillדָּוִד֙H1732 · da.vidDavidלִשְׁאֹ֣לH7592 · sha.alto askבַּֽיהוָ֔ה סH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּH6030 · unto dwellיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayק֚וּםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiרֵ֣דH3381 · ya.radto go downקְעִילָ֔הH7084 · qe.i.lahKeilahכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאֲנִ֥יH589 · a.niIנֹתֵ֛ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםH6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistineבְּיָדֶֽךָ׃H3027 · yadhand
Cross-references
Judges 7:7And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the [other] people go every man unto his place.Joshua 8:7Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.1 Samuel 28:6And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.2 Kings 3:18And this is [but] a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.Judges 6:39And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.2 Samuel 5:19And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
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