1 Samuel 23:2

David Defeats The Philistines At Keilah

¹ Now they told David, "Look, [the] Philistines [are] fighting in Keilah and they [are] raiding the threshing floors." ² So David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" And Yahweh said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah." ³ But David's men said to him, "Look, we [are] afraid here in Judah. {How much more} [if] we go [to] Keilah to the battle lines of [the] Philistines?"

Inquired of the Lord

Lord Said

David

Jehovah

Keilah

Philistines

1 Samuel 23:4

So David again inquired of Yahweh, and Yahweh answered him and said, "Get up, go down [to] Keilah, for I [am] giving [the] Philistines into your hand.

2 Samuel 5:19

And David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go up to the Philistines? Will you give them into my hands?" Yahweh said to David, "Go up, for {I will certainly give} [the] Philistines into your hand."

2 Samuel 5:23

So David inquired of Yahweh, but he said, "You shall not go up. [Rather,] go around to their rear and come to them from opposite the balsam trees.

1 Samuel 23:6

{Now when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled} to David [at] Keilah, he went down [with] an ephod in his hand.

1 Samuel 23:9-12

When David learned that Saul [was] plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here."

1 Samuel 30:8

And David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Should I pursue after this band [of raiders]? Will I overtake them?" He said to him, "Pursue [them], for you will certainly overtake them, and you will certainly rescue them."

Numbers 27:21

He will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will ask for him by the decision of the Urim before Yahweh. On {his command} they will go out, and at {his command} they will come in, [both] he and all of the {Israelites} with him, the entire community."

Joshua 9:14

So the leaders took from their provisions, but {they did not ask direction from Yahweh}.

Judges 1:1

After the death of Joshua, the {Israelites} inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Who will go up first for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?"

1 Chronicles 14:10

Then David inquired of God, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you put them into my hand?" And Yahweh said to him, "Go up. I will put them into your hand."

Psalm 32:8

I will instruct you and teach you in [the] way that you should go. I will advise [you] [with] my eye upon you.

Proverbs 3:5-6

{Trust Yahweh} with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.

Jeremiah 10:23

I know, Yahweh, that to the human [is] not his [own] way, nor to a person [is the] walking and the directing of his [own] step.