A town about 2 1/2 mi. (4 km.) south of Adullam, perched on the rocky sides of the Wadi es-Sur as it emerges from the mountain district into the plain of Elah.
Keilah was about 9 mi. (14.4 km.) from the city of Hebron. It is now known as Khibet Qîlā.
Threshingfloors.
The season was well toward early summer, for the grain had been harvested and threshed and the golden heaps were piled on the threshing floors awaiting distribution. Much of this kind of work was a community project. Three factors were taken into consideration in the selection of these floors: (1) the need for a flat surface, preferably rock; (2) the necessity of a place high enough to permit a good breeze to blow away the chaff; and (3) the convenience of a location as central in the community as possible (see 1 Chron. 21:18-26).