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1 Samuel 23:5

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.

KJV

Abiit ergo David et viri ejus in Ceilam, et pugnavit adversum Philisthæos : et abegit jumenta eorum, et percussit eos plaga magna : et salvavit David habitatores Ceilæ.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐπορεύθη Δαυεὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ εἰς Κεειλὰ καὶ ἐπολέμησεν ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις· καὶ ἔφυγον ἐκ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπήγαγεν τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτοῖς πληγὴν μεγάλην· καὶ ἔσωσεν Δαυεὶδ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Κεειλά.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֵּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִד֩ ו/אנש/ו וַ/אֲנָשָׁ֨י/ו קְעִילָ֜ה וַ/יִּלָּ֣חֶם בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וַ/יִּנְהַג֙ אֶת מִקְנֵי/הֶ֔ם וַ/יַּ֥ךְ בָּ/הֶ֖ם מַכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וַ/יֹּ֣שַׁע דָּוִ֔ד אֵ֖ת יֹשְׁבֵ֥י קְעִילָֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People David
Places Keilah

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
הִלָּחֵ֖ם
hlchm
verb · 177×
הוּ
hv
noun · 76×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מַכָּ֣ה
mkh
noun · 48×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
נֹהֲגִ֖ים
nhgym
verb · 30×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×
קְעִילָ֔ה
q'ylh
proper_noun · 18×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ps 38:20 — They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.