| I Samuel 23:1
| And *they told David, saying: Behold the Philistines fight against Ceila, and they rob the barns.
| Year of the World 2945, Year before Christ 1059. Barns. The floors were composed of earth and the dregs of oil, made into a sort of mortar, so that rain, mice, etc., could not hurt them. (Cato 91 and 129.) --- Hither the people of Ceila had gathered their corn, and the enemy came to plunder, or to spoil, according to custom, Judges 5:4., and 15:5. (Calmet) --- Ceila was about seven miles from Hebron, and as many from Eleutheropolis. (St. Jerome)
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