1 Samuel 23:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and struck them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    David and his men went to Keilah and fought against the Philistines. He drove their livestock away and struck them with a great blow. Thus, David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    So 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And David{H1732} and his men{H582} went{H3212} to Keilah,{H7084} and fought{H3898} with the Philistines,{H6430} and brought away{H5090} their cattle,{H4735} and slew{H5221} them with a great{H1419} slaughter.{H4347} So David{H1732} save{H3467} the inhabitants{H3427} of Keilah.{H7084}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    So David{H1732} and his men{H582} went{H3212}{(H8799)} to Keilah{H7084}, and fought{H3898}{(H8735)} with the Philistines{H6430}, and brought away{H5090}{(H8799)} their cattle{H4735}, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} them with a great{H1419} slaughter{H4347}. So David{H1732} saved{H3467}{(H8686)} the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Keilah{H7084}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    So Dauid wente with his men vnto Cegila, and foughte agaynst the Philistynes, & droue awaye their catell, and smote them wt a greate slaughter. Thus Dauid delyuered them of Cegila.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So Dauid and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistims, & brought away their cattel, & smote them with a great slaughter: thus Dauid saued the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And so Dauid and his men went to Keila, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattell, & smote them with a great slaughter, and so Dauid saued ye inhabitauntes of Keila.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    So 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And David goeth, and his men, to Keilah, and fighteth with the Philistines, and leadeth away their cattle, and smiteth among them -- a great smiting, and David saveth the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David save the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David save the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 23:1-4
    4 verses
    87%

    1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they are robbing the threshing floors.

    2 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? And the LORD said to David, Go and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.

    3 And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

    4 Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.

  • 1 Sam 23:10-13
    4 verses
    81%

    10 Then David said, O LORD God of Israel, your servant has certainly heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

    11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.

    12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver you up.

    13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; and he refrained from going forth.

  • 1 Sam 23:6-8
    3 verses
    80%

    6 And it happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

    7 And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.

    8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    76%

    8 And there was war again; and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

  • 1 Sam 27:9
    76%

    9 And David struck the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothes, and returned and came to Achish.

  • 2 Sam 5:25
    75%

    25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.

  • 2 Sam 23:10
    75%

    10 He arose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand stuck to the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder.

  • 1 Sam 17:50-52
    3 verses
    75%

    50 Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone and struck the Philistine, and killed him. There was no sword in David's hand.

    51 David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

    52 The men of Israel and Judah arose, shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Sam 17:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

    20 David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, took the provisions, and went as Jesse had commanded him; he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for battle.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
    75%

    16 David therefore did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

  • 2 Sam 5:17
    75%

    17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.

  • 1 Chr 11:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered to battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from the Philistines.

    14 But they stationed themselves in the midst of that piece of ground and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.

  • 1 Sam 17:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34 David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

    35 I went after it, struck it, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. When it rose against me, I caught it by its beard, struck it, and killed it.

  • 2 Sam 23:12-14
    3 verses
    74%

    12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and killed the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.

    13 And three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time into the cave of Adullam while the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

    14 And David was then in a stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

  • 2 Sam 21:15
    74%

    15 Moreover, the Philistines had war again with Israel. And David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint.

  • 2 Sam 5:19
    74%

    19 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to David, Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.

  • 1 Sam 30:23
    74%

    23 Then said David, You shall not do so, my brethren, with what the LORD has given us, who has preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

  • 1 Sam 30:20
    73%

    20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

  • 1 Sam 27:11
    73%

    11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring news to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, Thus did David, and so will be his way all the time he dwells in the country of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    73%

    48 He gathered an army, struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from those who plundered them.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    73%

    37 David said moreover, The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with you.

  • 1 Chr 14:10
    73%

    10 David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    72%

    1 In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, Be assured, you shall go out with me to battle, you and your men.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
    72%

    41 The Philistine came closer and closer to David, and the man who carried his shield went in front of him.

  • 1 Sam 17:48
    72%

    48 When the Philistine arose and came near to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

  • 1 Sam 17:26
    72%

    26 David spoke to the men standing by him, asking, What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    72%

    22 And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 1 Chr 14:8
    72%

    8 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.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    72%

    57 When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
    72%

    23 As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath named Goliath came from the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before, and David heard them.

  • 1 Sam 17:45
    72%

    45 Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

  • 1 Sam 19:5
    72%

    5 For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

  • 1 Chr 18:1
    72%

    1 Now after this, it came to pass that David struck the Philistines and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • 2 Sam 5:22
    71%

    22 And the Philistines came up yet again and spread themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 30:16
    71%

    16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.