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Keilah. [Kei'lah]


1. City in the lowlands of Judah. It was delivered by David from an attack of the Philistines. He and Abiathar with the ephod took shelter there; but warned by God that the people of the city would deliver him up to Saul, they escaped. Joshua 15: 44; 1 Sam. 23: 1- 13; Neh. 3: 17, 18. Identified with Kila, 31 37' N, 35 E.


2. One called 'the Garmite,' in the genealogy of Judah. 1 Chr. 4: 19.