1st Samuel Chapter 23 verse 11 Holy Bible
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Jehovah, the God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.
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And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.
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Will the citizens of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.
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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.
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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.
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Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. Yahweh said, He will come down.
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Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up into his hand? doth Saul come down as Thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, declare, I pray Thee, to Thy servant.' And Jehovah saith, `He doth come down.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard?--There is a curious inversion of David's questions here. In their logical sequence, of course the second, respecting Saul's coming down, should have been put first, for the men of Keilah could not have delivered him into Saul's hands if Saul had not come down. Dean Payne Smith suggests that in David's earnest prayer "his two questions are put inversely to the logical order, but in accordance with the relative importance in his mind." The Dean thinks "that when the ephod was brought forward, the questions were of course put, and replied to in their logical sequence."And the Lord said, He will come down."" And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up."Thus the answer of the Urim and Thummin was given to the questions in their logical order. The Talmud has an interesting comment here. In consulting the Urim and Thummim, the enquirer is not to ask about two things at a time, for if he does, he will be answered about one only, and only about the one he first uttered, as it is said (1Samuel 23:11-12). David asked first "Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hands?" and then he asked also "Will Saul come down?" The answer was to the second query. "And the Lord said He will come down." But it has just been asserted that the enquirer will be answered only about the one thing he first uttered. To this it is replied, David framed his enquiry not in good order, but the reply of the Urim and Thummim was as though the enquiry had been in proper order. Hence when David became aware that his question had not been put properly, he repeated it again in better order, as it has been said, "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."--Treatise Yoma, fol. 73, Colossians 1.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewWill the citizensבַעֲלֵי֩ (ḇa·‘ă·lê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 1167: A master, a husband, ownerof Keilahקְעִילָ֨ה (qə·‘î·lāh)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 7084: Keilah -- a city in Judahsurrender meהֲיַסְגִּרֻ֣נִי (hă·yas·gi·ru·nî)Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singularStrong's 5462: To shut up, to surrenderinto his hand?בְיָד֜וֹ (ḇə·yā·ḏōw)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 3027: A handWill Saulשָׁא֗וּל (šā·’ūl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelitescome down,הֲיֵרֵ֣ד (hă·yê·rêḏ)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 3381: To come or go down, descendasכַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ (ka·’ă·šer)Preposition-k | Pronoun - relativeStrong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order thatYour servantעַבְדֶּ֔ךָ (‘aḇ·de·ḵā)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 5650: Slave, servanthas heard?שָׁמַ֣ע (šā·ma‘)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 8085: To hear intelligentlyO LORD,יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of IsraelGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativeof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his descpleaseנָ֖א (nā)InterjectionStrong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'tellהַגֶּד־ (hag·geḏ-)Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singularStrong's 5046: To be conspicuousYour servant.”לְעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ (lə·‘aḇ·de·ḵā)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 5650: Slave, servant“He will,”יֵרֵֽד׃ (yê·rêḏ)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 3381: To come or go down, descendsaidוַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, saythe LORD.יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of IsraelJump to PreviousBeg Beseech Deliver Ear Hand Heard Israel Keilah Kei'lah Saul Servant Surrender True. Will
