1 Samuel 23:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י דָוִד֙ אֵלָ֔יו הִנֵּ֨ה אֲנַ֥חְנוּ פֹ֛ה בִּֽיהוּדָ֖ה יְרֵאִ֑ים וְאַף֙ כִּֽי־נֵלֵ֣ךְ קְעִלָ֔ה אֶל־מֽ͏ַעַרְכ֖וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmᵊrû ʾanšê Dāwid to him: hinnēh ʾănaḥnû here in Yᵊhûdāh yᵊrēʾîm, and wᵊʾap kî-we go Qᵊʿilāh to maʿarᵊkôt Pᵊlištîm

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmᵊrû*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they said
*ʾanšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - men of
*Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular
*hinnēh*: interjection - behold
*ʾănaḥnû*: independent personal pronoun, 1st common plural - we
*Yᵊhûdāh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Judah
*yᵊrēʾîm*: adjective, masculine plural - afraid/fearful
*wᵊʾap*: conjunction + particle - and moreover/even
*kî*: conjunction - that/when/if
*Qᵊʿilāh*: proper noun, place name
*maʿarᵊkôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - battle lines/ranks
*Pᵊlištîm*: proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines

Word Meanings

*wayyōʾmᵊrû*: they said/they spoke/they told
*ʾanšê*: men of/people of/followers of
*hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*yᵊrēʾîm*: afraid/fearful/frightened
*wᵊʾap*: and moreover/and even/how much more
*maʿarᵊkôt*: battle lines/ranks/armies

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 23:15 : 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
1 Sam 23:23 : 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
1 Sam 23:26 : 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
Ps 11:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
Jer 12:5 : 5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Sam 23:1-2
2 verses
86%
1Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
2Therefore 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.
1 Sam 23:4-5
2 verses
84%
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 23:10-13
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83%
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 17:11
79%
11When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
1 Sam 23:7-8
2 verses
78%
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.
8And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
1 Sam 17:23-26
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23And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
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?
2 Sam 23:13-14
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13And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
14And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
1 Sam 17:32-33
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32And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
33And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
1 Sam 28:1
76%
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 27:1
75%
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 21:1
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1Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
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 23:26-27
2 verses
75%
26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
27But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
1 Sam 21:10
75%
10And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
1 Sam 17:19
75%
19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
1 Sam 24:9
74%
9And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
1 Sam 17:45
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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.
1 Sam 17:41
74%
41And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
2 Sam 3:18
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18Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
1 Chr 14:9-10
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9And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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 Chr 11:15-16
2 verses
74%
15Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
16And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
1 Sam 23:23
74%
23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
1 Sam 25:12
73%
12So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
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.
2 Sam 5:17
73%
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.
2 Sam 5:19
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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.
1 Sam 29:2-3
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2And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
3Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
1 Sam 30:15
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15And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
1 Sam 23:15
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15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
1 Sam 21:12
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12And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
2 Sam 15:14
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14And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
2 Sam 11:23
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23And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
2 Sam 6:9
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9And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
1 Sam 27:11
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11And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
1 Sam 22:23
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23Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.