Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 23:10

Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

David said this by the priest, for he was to make the inquiry of God, Num 27:21, and David puts the words into his mouth.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

Then said David,…. By the priest, for it was he that put the questions for and in the name of the inquirer:

O Lord God of Israel; the great Jehovah, the covenant God of his people, who always has a merciful regard unto them:

thy servant hath certainly heard; had good information of it, on which he could depend:

that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah; that was his intention and resolution:

to destroy the city for my sake; to besiege it, and demolish it, if that was necessary, in order to take him.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(10) Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. (11) Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. (12) Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up. (13) Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.

The enquiry of David, and the Lord’s answers, were suited to his present circumstances. It was not that Saul would come down, but that it was his intention to come down; and, therefore, it implied the necessity of David’s departure. The Lord is graciously pleased to furnish out suitable providences, when such things wilt answer his blessed purpose, without stepping out of the ordinary way, to deliver his servants.

Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

1Sa 23:10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

Ver. 10. O Lord God of Israel. ] He runneth to the Rock of Ages for help in this distress, as was his constant course when hardly bestead.

To destroy the city for my sake. ] So in the holy war, as they called it, against the Waldenses in France, the Pope’s great army took one great populous city, and put to the sword sixty thousand: among whom were many of their own Catholics. a

a Caesar Heistorbachensis, Hist., lib. v. cap. 21.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

destroy the city: 1Sa 23:8, 1Sa 22:19, Gen 18:24, Est 3:6, Pro 28:15, Rom 3:15, Rom 3:16

Reciprocal: Jdg 1:1 – asked Jdg 8:27 – an ephod 1Sa 28:15 – answereth 1Sa 30:8 – inquired

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge