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Fortified city David rescued from the Philistines, then had to flee when its people would have betrayed him
JudeaA fortified city in the lowlands of Judah where David and his men rescued the inhabitants from a Philistine raid (1 Samuel 23). Despite his protection, God revealed the people of Keilah would hand David over to Saul, forcing him to flee into the wilderness.
1 Samuel
The Chase That God Kept Redirecting
Keilah is the town under Philistine attack whose threshing floors are being plundered — the city David chooses to rescue despite the personal risk of exposing his location.
1 Chronicles
More Than a List of Names
Keilah is mentioned here as a town whose founding is traced to a son of Hodiah's wife — the same fortified city that David would later rescue from the Philistines.
Nehemiah
Every Hand on the Wall
Keilah is the district whose ruler Hashabiah repaired the wall on behalf of his entire community — one of the few instances where a single person explicitly represents a whole district's contribution.
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