קְעִילָהQᵉʻîylâh

Same root

• קָלַעqâlaʻ · H7049to sling; also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms)

Where it appears

Appears 18 times in the Bible.

• Joshua 15:44 Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah—nine towns with their surrounding villages.
• 1 Samuel 23:1 One day news came to David that the Philistines were at Keilah stealing grain from the threshing floors.
• 1 Samuel 23:2 David asked the Lord, “Should I go and attack them?” “Yes, go and save Keilah,” the Lord told him.
• 1 Samuel 23:3 But David’s men said, “We’re afraid even here in Judah. We certainly don’t want to go to Keilah to fight the whole Philistine army!”
• 1 Samuel 23:4 So David asked the Lord again, and again the Lord replied, “Go down to Keilah, for I will help you conquer the Philistines.”
• 1 Samuel 23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah. They slaughtered the Philistines and took all their livestock and rescued the people of Keilah.