Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said,
They will deliver you up.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Up. God had only answered the first question before. He now informs David, that it is the intention of the men of Ceila to deliver him into the hands of Saul, who was preparing to attack their city, and that he would inevitably fall into his hands, (Calmet) if he did not retire. (Worthington)
God sees contingent events with the same certainty as those which will really take place. (Haydock)
The people of Ceila could not have justly delivered up the innocent David, but they might have insisted that he should quit their city, to save it from destruction; or they might have forced him. (Scholastic) (Tirinus)
