1 Samuel 23:5 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵ So Dawiḏ and his men went to Qe‛ilah and fought with the Philistines, and he led away their livestock and struck them, a great smiting. Thus Dawiḏ saved the inhabitants of Qe‛ilah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines with a great slaughter and brought away their cattle. So David delivered the people of Keilah.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

Common English Bible

⁵ Then David and his soldiers went to Keilah and fought the Philistines, driving off their cattle and defeating them decisively. And that’s how David saved the residents of Keilah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Therefore, David and his men went into Keilah. And they fought against the Philistines, and they took away their cattle, and they struck them with a great slaughter. And David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ David therefore, and his men, went to Ceila, and fought against the Philistines; and brought away their cattle; and made a great slaughter of them. And David saved the inhabitants of Ceila.

1 Samuel 23:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:40

“And You gird me with strength for battle, You cause my adversaries to bow under me.

Psalm 18:38

I crush them, and they are unable to rise; They fall under my feet.

Psalm 38:20

And those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is good.

1 Samuel 19:8

And there was fighting again, and Dawiḏ went out and fought with the Philistines, and struck them, a great smiting, and they fled before him.

1 Samuel 23:4

And Dawiḏ inquired of יהוה once again. And יהוה answered him and said, “Arise, go down to Qe‛ilah, for I am giving the Philistines into your hand.”

1 Samuel 23:6

And it came to be, when Eḇyathar son of Aḥimeleḵ fled to Dawiḏ at Qe‛ilah, that he went down with a shoulder garment in his hand.