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, will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?.... That is, the lords and great men of the place, the governor of the city, and the heads of it, the chief magistrates in it: and the Lord said, they will deliver thee up: that is, provided he stayed there; for the Lord knew the dispositions and...

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