The Meaning of 1 Samuel 23:10 Explained

1 Samuel 23:10

KJV: 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.

YLT: And David saith, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, Thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul is seeking to come in unto Keilah, to destroy the city on mine account.

Darby: Then said David, Jehovah, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

ASV: Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 23:10?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does 1 Samuel 23:10 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 23:1-14 - Success And Safety Under God's Guidance

We learn here that those who are called to walk in the maze of human life need to look constantly upward for direction. "It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." Our eyes need to be fixed constantly on the Lord. "Lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." We have no priestly ephod to direct us. But if we roll the responsibility of our way on God and wait for Him, the conviction of His plan will steal into our hearts, and this will be corroborated by the advice of experienced friends and the trend of circumstances.

The recompense of the people of Keilah for David's noble interposition on their behalf was very base, and warns us not to trust in human safeguards, which are so liable to be broken down. The only place of absolute security is in God. Blessed are they whose life is "hid with Christ in God"! David knew that, and in these sad and difficult days, when he was hunted as a partridge on the mountains, he was composing some of his most helpful psalms. See Psalms 11:1-7; Psalms 54:1-7; Psalms 57:1-11. In our own troubled times, how good it is that we should listen to the sweet music of the eternal world which surrounds this one and in which the harried soul may have its abiding-place. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 23

¹ David, enquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, rescues Keilah
⁷ God showing him the coming of Saul, and the treachery of the Keilites,
¹³ he escapes from Keilah
¹⁴ In Ziph Jonathan comes and comforts him
¹⁹ The Ziphites discover him to Saul
²⁵ At Maon he is rescued from Saul by the invasion of the Philistines
²⁹ He dwells at En Gedi

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 23:10 mean?

And said David Yahweh God of Israel surely has heard Your servant that seeks Saul to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake

וַיֹּאמֶר֮ דָּוִד֒ יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שָׁמֹ֤עַ שָׁמַע֙ עַבְדְּךָ֔ כִּֽי־ מְבַקֵּ֥שׁ שָׁא֖וּל לָב֣וֹא אֶל־ קְעִילָ֑ה לְשַׁחֵ֥ת לָעִ֖יר בַּעֲבוּרִֽי

וַיֹּאמֶר֮	And said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
דָּוִד֒	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
יְהוָה֙	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	God
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural).
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	of Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
שָׁמֹ֤עַ	surely
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute Root: שָׁמַע Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
שָׁמַע֙	has heard
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁמַע Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
עַבְדְּךָ֔	Your servant
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular Root: עֶבֶד Sense: slave, servant.
כִּֽי־	that
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
מְבַקֵּ֥שׁ	seeks
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular Root: בָּקַשׁ Sense: to seek, require, desire, exact, request.
שָׁא֖וּל	Saul
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
לָב֣וֹא	to come
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
קְעִילָ֑ה	Keilah
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: קְעִילָה Sense: a city in the lowlands of Judah northwest of Hebron.
לְשַׁחֵ֥ת	to destroy
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct Root: שָׁחַת Sense: to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay.
לָעִ֖יר	the city
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish.
בַּעֲבוּרִֽי	for my sake
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: עֲבוּר Sense: for the sake of, on account of, because of, in order to conj.

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