1Sa 23:1-6 | ESV | STEP | Now they told David , Behold , the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors .

c[See ver. 2 above]

d ver. 14; Josh. 24:11; Judg. 7:7; 20:28

1 Samuel 23:1-6

David Saves the City of Keilah

1 Now they told David, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against ^aKeilah and are robbing the threshing floors.” 2 Therefore David ^binquired of the Lord, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.” 3 But David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?” 4 Then David ^cinquired of the Lord again. And the Lord answered him, “Arise, go down to Keilah, ^dfor I will give the Philistines into your hand.” 5 And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines and brought away their livestock and struck them with a great blow. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

6 ^eWhen Abiathar the son of Ahimelech had fled to David to Keilah, he had come down with an ephod in his hand.