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1 They told David, |The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing floors.| 2 So David asked the LORD, |Should I go and strike down these Philistines?| The LORD said to David, |Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.| 3 But David's men said to him, |We are afraid while we are still here in Judah! What will it be like if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?| 4 So David asked the LORD once again. But again the LORD replied, |Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.| 5 So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah. 6 Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, he had brought with him an ephod. 7 When Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, |God has delivered him into my hand, for he has boxed himself into a corner by entering a city with two barred gates.| 8 So Saul mustered all his army to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men. 1 Samuel 23:1-8, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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