Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Destroy the city

1 Samuel 23:8
So Saul summoned all the people (soldiers) for war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.
1 Samuel 22:19
And he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; also he struck oxen and donkeys and sheep with the edge of the sword.
Genesis 18:24
Suppose there are fifty righteous [people] within the city; will You really sweep it away and not spare it for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?
Esther 3:6
But he disdained laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were (his nationality); so Haman determined to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who lived throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion and a charging bear
Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Romans 3:15

Their feet are swift to shed blood,