Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Keilah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Kehelathah
Next Entry
Kelaiah
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

KEILAH . A city of Judah in the Shephçlah, named with Nezib and Achzib ( Joshua 15:44 ). David delivered it from the marauding Philistines, and it became his residence for a time. Becoming aware of the treachery of its inhabitants, he left it ( 1 Samuel 23:1 ff.). It was reoccupied after the Exile ( Nehemiah 3:17 f., 1 Chronicles 4:19 ). It is commonly identified with Khirbet Kîlâ , about 7 miles E. of Beit Jibrîn . It lies very high, however, for a city in the Shephçlah, being over 1500 ft. above the level of the sea.

W. Ewing.

Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Keilah'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​k/keilah.html. 1909.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile