| Verse | Translation | Text |
| 1Sa 23:8 | Strong Concordance | And Saul [07586] called [08085] all the people [05971] together [08085] to war [04421], to go down [03381] to Keilah [07084], to besiege [06696] David [01732] and his men [0582]. |
| King James | And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Saul called all the people together to war--not the united tribes of Israel, but the inhabitants of the adjoining districts. This force was raised, probably, on the ostensible pretext of opposing the Philistines, while, in reality, it was secretly to arouse mischief against David. |