David was told, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors."
KJV
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
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Then they told David,.... Either the men of Keilah sent to him, being near them, or some well wishers of theirs, and of their country, acquainted him with their case:
saying, behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah; had laid siege to it, being a fortified place,
Sa1 23:7
; it was a city in the tribe of Judah, on the borders of the Philistines; of which See Gill on
Jos 15:44
,
and they rob the threshing floors; took away the corn upon them, which they were threshing and winnowing, which were usually done without the city for the sake of wind, see
Jdg 6:11
; it was harvest time when the three mighty men came to David in the cave of Adullam, and so now it might be the time of threshing, harvest being over, see
Sa1 22:1
; compared with
Sa2 23:13
.
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