John Gill's Exposition on 1 Samuel 23:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hands? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? etc.] That is, if David continued there, which is the supposition all proceeds upon. The questions are not orderly put, as may easily be observed, the last should have been first; which shows some perturbation of mind David was in upon hearing the design of Saul against him: O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant; give an answer by Urim and Thummim, as he did: and the Lord said, he will come down; if David abode there; that was in his thoughts, in his purpose and design, which the Lord, being omniscient, full well knew, who knows all future contingencies: hence the Jews f464 gather, that two things are not to be asked together; and if they are asked, only answer is made to one, and the answer is only made to that which it was proper to ask first; and that which is asked out of order should be asked again, which was the case here, as follows.

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