1 Samuel 23:7 meaning and explanation
When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
1 Samuel 23:7, Berean Standard Bible
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Saul is king of Israel, hunting David as a rival, and here he hears that David has entered Keilah, a walled town. Saul reads the report as a sign of divine favor: a town with gates and bars could trap David, so Saul concludes God has handed him over.
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