1 Samuel 23:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁאַ֨ל דָּוִ֤ד בַּֽיהוָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הַאֵלֵ֣ךְ וְהִכֵּ֔יתִי בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה ס וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־דָּוִ֗ד לֵ֚ךְ וְהִכִּ֣יתָ בַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְהוֹשַׁעְתָּ֖ אֶת־קְעִילָֽה

Transliteration

And wayyišʾal Dāwid in YHWH lēʾmōr: haʾēlēk and wᵊhikkêtî against the Pᵊlištîm hāʾēlleh? And wayyōʾmer YHWH to Dāwid: lēk and wᵊhikkîtā against the Pᵊlištîm and wᵊhôšaʿtā ʾet-Qᵊʿîlāh

Grammar Details

*wayyišʾal*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he inquired/asked
*Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular
*YHWH*: divine name
*lēʾmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying
*haʾēlēk*: interrogative particle + Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - shall I go?
*wᵊhikkêtî*: waw-consecutive + Hiphil perfect, 1st common singular - and I will strike
*Pᵊlištîm*: proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines
*hāʾēlleh*: demonstrative adjective, plural - these
*wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*lēk*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - go
*wᵊhikkîtā*: waw-consecutive + Hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you will strike
*wᵊhôšaʿtā*: waw-consecutive + Hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you will save
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*Qᵊʿîlāh*: proper noun, place name

Word Meanings

*wayyišʾal*: he inquired/he asked/he questioned
*lēʾmōr*: saying/speaking
*haʾēlēk*: shall I go?/should I go?
*wᵊhikkêtî*: and I will strike/and I will attack/and I will defeat
*wᵊhikkîtā*: and you will strike/and you will attack/and you will defeat
*wᵊhôšaʿtā*: and you will save/and you will deliver/and you will rescue

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 23:4 : 4 Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
2 Sam 5:19 : 19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
2 Sam 5:23 : 23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
1 Sam 23:6 : 6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
1 Sam 23:9-9 : 9 And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. 10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. 11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. 12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
1 Sam 30:8 : 8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
1 Chr 14:10 : 10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Jer 10:23 : 23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Num 27:21 : 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
Josh 9:14 : 14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
Judg 1:1 : 1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Sam 23:3-5
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3And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
4Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
5So 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.
1 Sam 23:1
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1Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
2 Sam 5:19-20
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19And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
20And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
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8And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.
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10And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
1 Sam 23:10-13
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10Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
11Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
12Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
13Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
1 Sam 17:37
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37David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
1 Chr 14:16
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16David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
2 Sam 5:23
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23And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
1 Sam 23:7-8
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7And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
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2 Sam 5:25
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25And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
1 Sam 28:1
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1And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
1 Sam 17:26
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26And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
1 Sam 17:31-32
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31And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
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1 Sam 17:44-46
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44And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
45Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
46This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
2 Sam 2:1
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1And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
1 Sam 22:10
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10And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
1 Sam 30:8
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8And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
2 Sam 5:17
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17But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
1 Sam 17:48
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48And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
1 Sam 27:1
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1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
1 Sam 24:9
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9And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
1 Sam 14:37
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37And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
1 Chr 14:13-14
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13And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
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1 Sam 17:41
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41And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
1 Sam 19:8
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8And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.
1 Sam 17:19-20
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19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
1 Sam 29:7-8
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7Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
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1 Sam 17:50
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50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
1 Sam 17:23
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1 Sam 21:9
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9And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
1 Sam 26:10
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10David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
1 Sam 17:52
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1 Sam 30:23
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23Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
1 Sam 26:6
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6Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.