King James Version
1 Samuel 23:1 in the King James Version says “Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.”
1 Samuel 23:1 · KJV
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
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.
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?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Then they told”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the threshingfloors”
H1637a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area
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