Verse 8
And Saul called all the people together to war ,.... Or "caused them to hear" F13 ישמע "fecit audire", Montanus, Piscator. summoned them by an herald, whom he sent into all parts of the kingdom to proclaim war, and require them in his name to attend him; which was the prerogative of a king to do:
to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men ; that was what he privately intended, but the pretence was to make war against the Philistines.
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