Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 23:8

8 Yúshì Sǎoluó zhāo jù zhòng mín , yào xià qù gōngdǎ Jīyīlā chéng , wéi kùn Dàwèi hé gēnsuí tāde rén .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 23:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 23:8

And Saul called all the people together to war
Or "caused [them] to hear" ^F13 summoned them by an herald, whom he sent into all parts of the kingdom to proclaim war, and require them in his name to attend him; which was the prerogative of a king to do:

to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men;
that was what he privately intended, but the pretence was to make war against the Philistines.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (emvy) "fecit audire", Montanus, Piscator.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 23:8 In-Context

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

7 Yǒu rén gàosu Sǎoluó shuō , Dàwèi dào le Jīyīlā . Sǎoluó shuō , tā jìn le yǒu mén yǒu shuān de chéng , kùn bì zaì lǐtou . zhè shì shén jiāng tā jiāo zaì wǒ shǒu lǐ le .

8 Yúshì Sǎoluó zhāo jù zhòng mín , yào xià qù gōngdǎ Jīyīlā chéng , wéi kùn Dàwèi hé gēnsuí tāde rén .

9 Dàwèi zhīdào Sǎoluó shèjì móu haì tā , jiù duì jìsī yà bǐ yà tā shuō , jiāng Yǐfúdé ná guō lái .

10 Dàwèi dǎogào shuō , Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén a , nǐ púrén tīng zhēn le Sǎoluó yào wǎng Jīyīlā lái , wèi wǒde yuángù miè chéng .