Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 Samuel 23:1

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1 Samuel23:1

CHAPTER 23

1Sa 23:1-6. David Rescues Keilah.

1. Then they told David--rather, "now they had told"; for this information had reached him previous to his hearing (1Sa 23:6) of the Nob tragedy.

Keilah--a city in the west of Judah (Jos 15:44), not far from the forest of Hareth.

and they rob the threshing-floors--These were commonly situated on the fields and were open to the wind (Jud 6:11; Ru 3:2).

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