1Sa_23:1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
Ver. 1. Then they told David.] The men of Keilah in the land of Judah seek help of David their countryman; but having served themselves of him, they soon proved false hearted to him, and would have made him an ill requital. {1Sa_23:12} In trust I have found treason, said Queen Elizabeth. {a}
And they rob the threshingfloors.] Vatablus hath it, Horrea, the barns. Horreum ab hauriendo, barns and threshingfloors were without the city, as Jdg_6:11, but necessary appendages to it.