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1 Samuel 23:2

World English Bible

Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?”
Yahweh said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.”

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1 Samuel 23:2 in other translations

Therefore David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

1 Samuel 23:2 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 23:2 in context

  1. 1David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”
  2. 2Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?”
    Yahweh said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.”
  3. 3David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
  4. 4Then 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.”