# H7084 קְעִילָה

קְעִילָה (Qᵉʻîylâh), Strong’s H7084: Keilah, a place in Palestine KJV: Keilah.. Occurs 18 times.

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*Qᵉʻîylâh* — Keilah, a place in Palestine

KJV: Keilah.

Derived from [קָלַע qâlaʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H7049) (to sling)

Occurs 18 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- קְעִילָה 18 n.pr.loc. in Judah, toward Philistines

## Where it occurs
- [Joshua 15:44](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/15?v=44) — Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
- [1 Samuel 23:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=1) — David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”
- [1 Samuel 23:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=2) — Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” The LORD said to David, “Go…
- [1 Samuel 23:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=3) — 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…
- [1 Samuel 23:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=4) — Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. The LORD answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will…
- [1 Samuel 23:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=5) — David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them…
- [1 Samuel 23:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=6) — When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
- [1 Samuel 23:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=7) — Saul was told that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he is shut in by…
- [1 Samuel 23:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=8) — Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.
- [1 Samuel 23:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=10) — Then David said, “O LORD, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy…