David Delivers Keilah

Now it was reported to David“Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”

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So David inquired of the LORD“Should I go and attack these Philistines?”

And the LORD said to David,“Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”

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But David’s men said to him,“Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

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Once again David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him:“Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

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Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.

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( Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)

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