Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 23:4

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

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 23:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 23:4

Then David inquired of the Lord yet again
Not for his own sake, who firmly believed it was the will of God he should go and succeed, but for the sake of his men, and to remove the doubts and fears that hung on their minds:

and the Lord answered him, and said, arise, go down to Keilah;
immediately, make no stay, nor hesitate about it, but go with all haste to the relief of the place:

for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hands;
which is still more explicit, and is a promise not only of delivering Keilah out of the hands of the Philistines, but of delivering them into David's hands, and so of an entire: victory; and therefore none of David's men had anything to fear after such a declaration of the will of God.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 23:4 In-Context

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 .

6 Yà xī mǐ lè de érzi yà bǐ yà tā taó dào Jīyīlā jiàn Dàwèi de shíhou , shǒu lǐ ná zhe Yǐfúdé .