Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 23:3

3 Gēnsuí Dàwèi de rén duì tā shuō , wǒmen zaì Yóudà dì zhèlǐ shàngqiĕ jùpà , hékuàng wǎng Jīyīlā qù gōngdǎ Fēilìshì rén de jūn lǚ ne .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 23:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 23:3

And David's men said unto him, behold, we be afraid here in
Judah
Of Saul and his army falling upon them, and crushing them, though they were in the tribe of Judah, where they had many friends, and in the heart of that tribe:

how much more then if we come to Keilah;
which, though in the same tribe, yet in the further parts of it, and on the borders of the Philistines: and there engage

against the armies of the Philistines?
too numerous and powerful for them, and so by this means be driven out of their place of safety, the forest of Hareth, where they could hide themselves upon occasion; to be exposed not only to the Philistines, before them, on the edge of their country, from whence they could have re-enforcements easily, but to Saul and his army behind them; and so, being between two fires, would be in danger of being cut off.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 23:3 In-Context

1 Yǒu rén gàosu Dàwèi shuō , Fēilìshì rén gōngjī Jīyīlā , qiǎngduó hécháng .

2 Suǒyǐ Dàwèi qiú wèn Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ qù gōngdǎ nàxiē Fēilìshì rén kĕyǐ bùkĕ yǐ . Yēhéhuá duì Dàwèi shuō , nǐ kĕyǐ qù gōngdǎ Fēilìshì rén , zhĕngjiù jī yī là .

3 Gēnsuí Dàwèi de rén duì tā shuō , wǒmen zaì Yóudà dì zhèlǐ shàngqiĕ jùpà , hékuàng wǎng Jīyīlā qù gōngdǎ Fēilìshì rén de jūn lǚ ne .

4 Dàwèi yòu qiú wèn Yēhéhuá . Yēhéhuá huídá shuō , nǐ qǐshēn xià Jīyīlā qù , wǒ bìjiāng Fēilìshì rén jiāo zaì nǐ shǒu lǐ .

5 Dàwèi hé gēnsuí tāde rén wǎng Jīyīlā qù , yǔ Fēilìshì rén dǎzhàng , dàdà shā baì tāmen , yòu duó huò tāmende shēngchù . zhèyàng , Dàwèi jiù le Jīyīlā de jūmín .