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Keilah

Where Keilah sits on the map, and the 15 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.

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Identified with
Khirbet Qila
Coordinates
31.6137, 35.0036
Mentions
15 mentions

Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.

Passages where it appears

15 verses, in biblical order.

Joshua

  • Joshua 15:44

    and Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah: nine cities, and their villages.

1 Samuel

  • 1 Samuel 23:1

    And they reported to David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the grain stores.”

  • 1 Samuel 23:2

    Therefore, David consulted the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and strike down these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Go, and you shall strike down the Philistines, and you shall save Keilah.”

  • 1 Samuel 23:3

    And the men who were with David said to him, “Behold, we continue in fear here in Judea; how much more so, if we go into Keilah against the troops of the Philistines?”

  • 1 Samuel 23:4

    Therefore, David consulted the Lord again. And responding, he said to him: “Rise up, and go into Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

  • 1 Samuel 23:5

    Therefore, David and his men went into Keilah. And they fought against the Philistines, and they took away their cattle, and they struck them with a great slaughter. And David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • 1 Samuel 23:6

    And in that time, when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, was in exile with David, he had descended to Keilah, having an ephod with him.

  • 1 Samuel 23:7

    Then it was reported to Saul that David had gone to Keilah. And Saul said: “The Lord has delivered him into my hands. For he is enclosed, having entered into a city which has gates and bars.”

  • 1 Samuel 23:8

    And Saul instructed all the people to descend in order to fight against Keilah, and to besiege David and his men.

  • 1 Samuel 23:10

    And David said: “O Lord God of Israel, your servant has heard a report that Saul is planning to go to Keilah, so that he may overturn the city because of me.

  • 1 Samuel 23:11

    Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hands? And will Saul descend, just as your servant has heard? O Lord God of Israel, reveal to your servant.” And the Lord said, “He will descend.”

  • 1 Samuel 23:12

    And David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me, and the men who are with me, into the hands of Saul?” And the Lord said, “They will deliver you.”

  • 1 Samuel 23:13

    Therefore, David, and his men of about six hundred, rose up, and, departing from Keilah, they wandered here and there, aimlessly. And it was reported to Saul that David had fled from Keilah, and was saved. For this reason, he chose not to go out.

Nehemiah

  • Nehemiah 3:17

    After him, the Levites, Rehum, the son of Bani, built. After him, Hashabiah, the leader of one half part of the street of Keilah, built, in his own neighborhood.

  • Nehemiah 3:18

    After him, their brothers, Binnui, the son of Henadad, the leader of one half part of Keilah, built.

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