New Revised Standard Version
Now they told David, “The Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”

Contemporary English Version
One day some people told David, "The Philistines keep attacking the town of Keilah and stealing grain from the threshing place."

New American Bible
David was informed that the Philistines were attacking Keilah and plundering the threshing floors.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they told David, saying: Behold the Philistines fight against Ceila, and they rob the barns.

And they told David, saying: Behold the Philistines fight against Ceila, and they rob the barns.

Joshua 15:44 And Ceila and Achzib and Maresa: nine cities, and their villages.

Nehemiah 3:17,18 After him built the Levites, Rehum the son of Benni. After him built Hasebias, lord of half the street of Ceila in his own street. . . .

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Leviticus 26:16 I also will do these things to you. I will quickly visit you with poverty, and burning heat, which shall waste your eyes, and consume your lives. You shall sow your seed in vain, which shall be devoured by your enemies.

Deuteronomy 28:33,51 May a people which thou knowest not, eat the fruits of thy land, and all thy labours: and mayst thou always suffer oppression, and be crushed at all times. . . .

Judges 6:4,11 And pitching their tents among them, wasted all things as they were in the blade, even to the entrance of Gaza: and they left nothing at all in Israel for sustenance of life, nor sheep, nor oxen, nor asses. . . .

Micah 6:15 Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap: thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not be anointed with oil: and the new wine, but shalt not drink the wine.