Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Here is, I. Saul contriving within himself the destruction of David (Sa1 23:7, Sa1 23:8): He heard that he had come to Keilah; and did he not hear what brought him thither? Was it not told him that he had bravely relieved Keilah and delivered it out of the hands of the Philistines?

Commenting on 1 Samuel 23:7-13

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

Then said David,.... By the priest, for it was he that put the questions for and in the name of the inquirer: O Lord God of Israel; the great Jehovah, the covenant God of his people, who always has a merciful regard unto them: thy servant hath certainly heard; had good information of it, on which he could depend: that Saul seeketh to come to...

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran @keilanddelitzsch

1Sa 23:7-9 As soon as Saul received intelligence of David’s march to Keilah, he said, “God has rejected him (and delivered him) into my hand.” נכּר does not mean simply to look at, but also to find strange, and treat as strange, and then absolutely to reject (Jer 19:4, as in the Arabic in the fourth conjugation).

Commenting on 1 Samuel 23:7-12