Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore David inquired of the Lord, saying, shall I go and smite these Philistines?.... For though David was well disposed to serve his country, and was desirous of freeing them from their enemies…
If Gad was with David at the forest of Hareth 1Sa 22:5, and there inquired for him of the Lord 1Sa 23:2,1Sa 23:4, but did not accompany him to Keilah, and if Abiathar’s flight occurred at the time of…
Adam Clarke
Therefore David inquired of the Lord - In what way David made this inquiry we are not told, but it was probably by means of Abiathar; and therefore I think, with Houbigant that the sixth verse should…
Now we find why the prophet Gad (by divine direction, no doubt) ordered David to go into the land of Judah, Sa1 22:5. It was that, since Saul neglected the public safety, he might take care of it,…
Cambridge Bible
inquired of the Lord Through the high-priest Abiathar. See on 1Sa 23:23.
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