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13Then 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.

1 Samuel 23:13

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 7-13)

Here is, I. Saul contriving within himself the destruction of David ( 1 Sam. 23:7 , 8 ): He heard that he had come to Keilah ; and did he not hear what brought him thither? Was it not told him that he had bravely relieved Keilah and delivered it out of the hands of the Philistines? This, one would think, should have put Saul upon considering what honour and dignity should be done to David for this...

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