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Liberation of the city of Keilah by David. David's wanderings in the deserts of Ziph and Maon. 1 Samuel 23:1. And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines have attacked Keilah and are plundering the threshing floor. Keilah - northwest of Hebron. 1 Samuel 23:2. And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord answered David: Go, you will defeat the Philistines and save Keilah. “And David inquired of the Lord” - through the holiness of the Lord (1 Sam. 23:6). 1 Samuel 23:14. David stayed in the desert in inaccessible places and then on a mountain in the desert of Ziph. Saul sought him every day; but God did not deliver David into his hands. Zif Desert. See note. to 1 Samuel 22:5. 1 Samuel 23:17. and he said to him, Fear not, for the hand of my father Saul will not find you, and you will reign over Israel, and I will be second to you; and Saul my father knows it. “And Saul my father knows it.” See 1 Samuel 20:30–31, 24:18–23. 1 Samuel 23:19. And the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying: Behold, David is hiding with us in inaccessible places, in the forest, on the hill of Gahilah, which is to the right of Jeshimon; The Zifei are the inhabitants of the Zif area. See note. to 1 Samuel 22:5. 1 Samuel 23:21. And Saul said to them, Blessed are you of the Lord, because you have had pity on me; “They regretted me.” Wed. 1 Samuel 22:7–8. 1 Samuel 23:24. And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, on the plain, to the right of Jeshimon. Mahon Desert. See note. to 1 Samuel 22:5. You might be interested in: