{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7084",
  "lemma": "קְעִילָה",
  "transliteration": "Qᵉʻîylâh",
  "definition": "Keilah, a place in Palestine",
  "kjv": "Keilah.",
  "occurrences": 18,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H7049",
      "lemma": "קָלַע",
      "transliteration": "qâlaʻ",
      "meaning": "to sling",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H7049"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "קְעִילָה 18 n.pr.loc. in Judah, toward Philistines"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 15:44",
      "text": "Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/15?v=44"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 23:1",
      "text": "David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 23:2",
      "text": "Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” The LORD said to David, “Go…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 23:3",
      "text": "David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 23:4",
      "text": "Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. The LORD answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 23:5",
      "text": "David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 23:6",
      "text": "When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 23:7",
      "text": "Saul was told that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he is shut in by…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 23:8",
      "text": "Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 23:10",
      "text": "Then David said, “O LORD, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=10"
    }
  ],
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