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1 Samuel 23:2
“Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go and strike these Philistines?" Yahweh said to David, "Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 23
1
David was told, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.
2
Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go and strike these Philistines?" Yahweh said to David, "Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.
3
David'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
Then 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.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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